John, military photo - 1940 John and wife Heather - Wedding Day April 4th 1970
John Isaacs - British Army
John, military photo
- 1940 John
and wife Heather - Wedding Day
April 4th
1970
Timeline of John's
war years:
Enlisted 15
January 1940 aged 22,
Driver for 55th
Company 18th Division Royal Army Service Corp.
Captured,
Singapore 15 February 1942 Changi under Col.
Preston.
Imprisoned there
until 15 September 1942.
Sent to
Thailand,
20 September 1942 under Col Clarke RA.
1943
sent to
"camp
Quema".
**
1 January 1944
imprisoned at
Hindato
until
25 May 1944.
(note:
At Hindato John
played the part of Nell in the camp show,
New Year
1944.)
Sent to
Japan 28th
June 1944 -
Camp 17 Fukuoka
under Major Schott USA (Robert William, Medic/Dr)
Liberated
15th September
1945
Then Returned to the UK via Canada
**
John is mentioned in "No Time for Geisha's" by Geoffrey P Adams. Page 93 of
the paperback copy. Adams is quoted here, telling of the prisoners
arrival into the "camp" while on a cattle drive for the Japanese.
"We were not allowed to cross the stream, as the Japanese feared cholera; but one of
the 55 Coy's drivers, John Isaacs, happened to be working in the cam
pas a servant, and he did me proud, with a cigarette and a cup of coffee, and a cup
of sweet tea, which I shared with Sergeant North. Johnny provided
hot food by sunrise - though we had not seen the sun for a day or two - and after long
drinks we were away.
John's POW
card and Liberation Card Page