When I was at High school, the school principle or headmaster, Frank Farmer , was a WW2 veteran . Monday morning at school assembly , he would sometimes say to us brainless brats " I've seen things you would not believe "
Anyway, years later I found a book in the op shop on the hell ships and the sinking of them and reading the book , I learn't that he was a POW and he was being shipped to Japan on a hell ship after working on the Thai-Burma railway . The ship was torpedoed by a US submarine and he spent days floating around in the South China sea before being rescued by another US submarine , he then made his way back to Aust.
He was one of the few 8th Div. guys who made it home before the war ended .
I can still see his ruddy red face and snowy white hair .
PS did a search and found this ..the power of the web is amazing
http://www.google.com.au/url?q=http:...HsMR1L6Ht17OzQ
Added:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3204458...on=NBD41550031