Memoirs by former prisoners of war of the Japanese invariably make
for moving reading but Colonel Owtrams account of his years of
captivity has a special significance. After being captured in
Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway he was
appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the
largest POW camps. Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and
physical courage that he showed protecting POWs from the worst
excesses of their captors. Of course his account does not admit to
this but what is clear is that in addition to the deprivation and
hardship suffered by all POWs, the author bore heavy responsibility
for those under his charge and the daily trauma of dealing with the
unpredictable Japanese. It is not only the prisoners who suffered
but their families at home. The postscript written by the authors
daughters vividly demonstrates the agonies of doubt and worry that
loved ones went through and the effect of the experience on all.
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