2006 Conference Programme

This took place between 29 – 30 April at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas in Staffordshire.
It was sponsored by Thai Airways.

Main areas of interest covered:

• Thailand-Burma Railway
• US Merchant Marine
• Collections held at the Imperial War Museum and the National Archives
• Dutch and British Internees

Speakers:

• Rod Beattie, Director of the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
• Capt George Duffy, ex-US Merchant Marine and FEPOW
• Roger Mansell, Director of the “Center for Research, Allied POWS Under the Japanese”
• Roderick Suddaby, the Imperial War Museum
• Alan Bowgen, the National Archives
• Julie Summers, author of The Colonel of Tamarkan, Brigadier Philip Toosey

A series of workshops examined topics such as:

• FEPOW mails
• Malayan and Singapore volunteers
• Family history records
• Medical aspects of captivity
• FEPOW Medals
• Interview with FEPOW