OH 0911 | Oral History

OH 0911

STEWART, Cleon (b. 1919)

Notable: member of the “Lost Battalion"
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, 1942-43; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Changi Jail, 1943-45; "King Rat" and black market activities; liberation.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 133 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview March 18, 1993

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