War memories : a medical student in Malaya and Thailand

Description:

From a description on AbeBooks "A fascinating and modest story of a medical student who joined the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in Singapore in 1941 and as a platoon commander fought in Malaya. Wounded and captured, he was able to develop and use his medical skills in difficult circumstances as a prisoner of war in Pudu Gaol, Kuala Lumpur and in POW camp hospitals in Thailand."

subjects: Second World War, 1939-1945,  Personal narratives, British,  Prisoners of war,  Prisoners of war- Malaya,  Prisoners of war- Thailand,  Great Britain. Army. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Battalion, 2nd

Places: Malaya,  Thailand

Times: 1939-1945 Second World War