2010 Conference Programme

Researching FEPOW History Group invites you to attend the

3rd International Conference

at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA), Alrewas, Staffordshire
on Saturday & Sunday, 9 - 10 October, 2010

INTERNEES, EVACUEES AND FEPOW:
Far East Captivity Explored

INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS:

Rod Beattie – Director,Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, Kanchanaburi, to talk about the “V” scheme and we are awaiting confirmation from

Tony Banham – founder of the Hong Kong War Diary website and author of several books on Hong Kong FEPOWs

GUEST LECTURERS:

Dr Geoff Gill – Professor of International Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine – talking about Coping with Crisis PhD thesis on medical aspects of camp life on the Thailand-Burma Railway

Dr Bernice Archer – author of The Internment of Western Civilians under the Japanese 1941 – 1945: A Patchwork of Internment - The women's experience of Internment in the Far East during the Second World War

Dr Rob Havers – Executive Director, US Churchill Memorial, Fulton Missouri, author of Reassessing the Japanese Prisoner of War Experience: the Changi P.O.W. Camp, Singapore, 1942-45

SPECIAL GUESTS:

Roger Mansell – US Center for Research Allied POWS under the Japanese – latest developments

Mr Jeyathurai A. (Jeya) – Director of the Changi Museum, Singapore

Roderick Suddaby – Keeper of the Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum

and still to be confirmed – a speaker from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Once again, we hope to welcome several FEPOW as guests of the conference.

£100 per delegate
Places will be allocated on a strictly first-come, first-served basis.

Click here to download a Registration form (73 KB PDF)

This is a unique opportunity to meet and listen to leading international and UK-based experts in the field of FEPOW history research.