Swimming in the Johore Straits

[Lou Barron]

hi tony i could tell a lot of stories o what happen after the japanese surrender but if you log in towww.cofepow .org.uk you will see my story i am also telling other stories of my pow days

[Tony Wilding]

hi charles , i found the website ok, but cant see your name, theres A menu on the left hand side, what are you under, looked at stories , but no luck, maybe you can direct me. regards, tony.

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just found it charles, thanks, tony.

[Lou Barron]

hi tony glad you found it but dont take any notice of my age it is NOT 92 im a young 86

[Tony Wilding]

catching u up mate, am 73 in april, just read your story, amazing, ! told u i am shortly living in cebu, philippines, my girl friend is there, i was last in new zealand in 1967, a great country, too cold here for me now, 2 below zero here, yuk ! too expensive also, just rented a apartment there, all convenciencies, modern, just under £20 a week, i pay that per day here, cant wait to be on those white sands, tony.

[happy daze john in oz]

A few years ago whilst on holiday in Thailand we took a day trip up to the River Kwai to see the bridge. Also there is the war graves in Kanchonbury,and a museum of the conditions the POW had to endure. Took the train ride to Hell Fire Pass. It is very different now and hard to imagine just how conditions were then. But from what we saw, the cemetry, the museum and the train ride the only way to describe it is some form of hell.

[Lou Barron]

hi John yes them guys who worked on the railway we got some of them back in CHANGI JAIL inlate 1944 they sure had suffered they was a few of our guys went up there but never came back what they went through was very bad thats why i think i was lucky

[Lou Barron]

HI Jacyn sorry i did not answer your post about you grand parents stories about the war they would have some stories to tell hear from you soon regards lou

[Jacyn Wade]

No worries, Lou. I should have my hands on some of the letters very soon. Can't wait to read them myself. I didn't know they existed until a couple of months ago. My grandmother kept them all these years, thank goodness! My great grandmother who wrote some of them lived to be almost 101, a remarkable lady. I'll post some of the stories as soon as I get them. Cheers!

[Tony Morcom]

Hi Lou

Just looked at that COFEPOW - Children of Far East Prisoners of War site again and enjoyed (if that's an appropriate word) your memories on there. The site seems to have grown a lot since I last looked in in 2011. Obviously many more, like yourself, are now making their stories known so that the rest of us can begin to appreciate just what sort of things you guys had to endure in the name of freedom. Good on ya mate!

Cheers