Lionel Bailey's diary on his wartime posting to Singapore

and subsequent events.

Short cuts to parts of diary

Introduction
The first leg of the convoy from England
Arrival at Freetown
Capetown
Mombassa
Bombay
Arrival at Singapore
Fleeing the Japanese
Capture
The atomic bomb at Nagasaki
End of imprisonment
The trip home via USA
San Francisco
Distances travelled
List of comrades who didn't make it

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