Guestbook

It was the greatest experience in my life! I would like to thank every one for the support and effort they have put into the QLT 2008. I was looking forward to the trip but did not think in my wildest dreams that I would learn and grow that much! The whole Anzac day and the build up to it showed me what a great gift we have received from our anchestors who fought in the WWII and other wars. They gave their lives so that we can have freedom and liberty – may we never forget that! I will make it my own personal mission to tell all my friends and my own children one day, about the priveledge to be an Australian. The exPOWs are true heroes and we are so privledge that they are still here to share their story with us. THANK YOU!!!

I took part in the 2008 QLT. Best experience of my life, met loads of people and it changed my view on life. Thanks everyone for making it happen. Hope to meet up with you all soon. xo

To all those who make the Quiet Lion Tour what it is today, Thank you so much to every one who make the Quiet Lion Tour go on each year. I had the best time on the tour. It was the best thing i have ever done and i hope to come back next year. I would like to put out a special thankyou to eric wilson who does so much for the tour… i appreciate it eric. and also to mr bill haskell. you are an amazing man bill. for you to get up there to thailand with your leg in a brace just for us kids is amazing. thank you so much for your stories and songs. love alysha jolly Carnamah District High School

Great site. Tells a lot about forgotten past

I am hpoing someone from in this site can help – long – sorry BUT I was fostered in 1968 and have only recently found out i am the Grandaughter of Pte Eric Napolean Oxley NX35360.. 2/20th Battalion – yes i have his war records – Anyway i am researching my biological family tree and i saw in granddads records that he was a POW in Malaya. If anyone has any info they can give me i would be eternally grateful as he is now deceased. His son helps a little but i know talking about his father pains him. Please feel free to email me if you knew or knew of my granddad. Thank you in advance…. Kath

Thanks for the great site. As we approach Anzac Day 2008, recent attention on the TBR inspired me to do a bit more research and so I find myself here. My father was Pte J.A. Daley, 105 Aust Gen Tspt Coy (Petrol Park) VX27086. Jack, or Jim as he was also known, passed away in Dec. 2005 aged 92. One book that may be worthy of inclusion in your reading list is ‘One fourteenth of an elephant’ by Ian Denys Peek. (ISBN 0 7329 1168 0). Dad thought this Englishman’s ‘matter-of-fact’ description of the daily difficulties of PoW life gave a good account of how it was. Salutations to all PoWs, returned servicemen and servicewomen and their family and friends. Lest We Forget

Harry Nankivell , VX18564 was in 2/2 Pioneer Battalion and a POW somewhere in Thailand. His theatre of war was Java after the Middle East. Harvey was the dear partner to my grandmother and a gentler, kinder and more humble man you’d never find. Never a harsh word for anyone. He’d rather leave the room. I’d love to meet someone else that knew Harvey and could tell me a story or two.

I am doing some research on my Family, and the involvement on the Burma Railway. Anyone at all have any info on my late Grandfather Donald Shipston? Any information at all would be much appreciated. Ta

GREAT SITE, I JUST WISH THERE WAS A BRITISH ONE. MY FATHER WAS ASCOTSMAN ATTACHED TO THE 2ND CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGT.(George Dale Buchanan) CAPTURED IN SINGAPORE. HE ALWAYS TALKED OF THE AUZZIES AND WHAT A GOOD BUNCH OF FELLOWS THEY WERE.

My wife & I visited Hintock Camp for an overnight stay in November 2007 visiting both the Museum & Hellfire Pass. As a modern day ex-serviceman, I found the experience most moving. A tranquil environment today, but one can only imagine the true hell those who were forced to work there underwent. ‘LEST WE FORGET’