OH 0164 | Oral History

OH 0164

LAWLEY, George P. (b. 1922)

Profession: Accountant
Notable: member of the “Lost Battalion"
Accountant, member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanburi, Thailand, 1944; hell ship to Japan, 1945; coal mining on Kyushu, 1945; liberation.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 62 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) William Teague
Date of Interview November 3, 1973

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