George Milson's record of movements

George Milson's record of movements

George's stations and travel in the East, 1942-1943

One double sided typewritten sheet

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[deleted number] 2.1.42. Squadron posted from Western Desert. to Heliopolis.
14.1.42. Heliopolis – Habaniya. [sic] A/C u/s intercom. & tail wheel. Arrived just before dusk.
15.1.42. Habaniya – Bahrein. via Kuwait. Refueled [sic]. Bahrein – Sharjah. Stayed B.O.A.C. Rest House in fort. Very nice. Gill hit oil drum on taiking [sic] off & smashed stern frame; but continued on to Karachi.
16.1 42. Sharjah – Karachi. (Civil). A/c fumigated & inspected. Std. a/s removed and trued. Stayed Airport Hotel.
17.1.42. Karachi – Hydrabad [sic] via Bombay. Refueled [sic] Bombay; had lunch. Very nice aerodrome & mess. Over Western Ghatts [sic] to Hydrabad. Stayed with Lysander squadron.
18.1.42. Hydrabad – Calcutta (Dum-Dum) Small aerodrome landed shortest runway. Stayed at Grand Hotel in Calcutta.
19.1.42 Calcutta – Akyab. Unable to land before 11.00hrs.G.M.T.
20.1.42. Akyab – Toungoo. A/c. using 2 galls. oil per hour, pt. engine.
21.1.42. Oil consumption test, a/c ok, to continue.
22.1.42. Toungoo – Rangoon, refuelled. Rangoon – Longao via Andaman Isles. Stayed at a hotel in Kotaraja.
23.1.42. Gills u/s. Longa – Medan. Refueled, Medan – Palembang [underlined] 1. [/underlined] Bilited [sic] at Maria School. Operated from P.2. day & night operations.
16.2.42. P.2. Batavia. Batavia – Kalijata. Billited Soebang.
1.3.42. Japs. took aerodrome.
3.3.42. Arrived Bandoeng, & located squadron.
4.3.42. Bandoeng – Tjilatjap by road.
6.3.42. Left Tjalatjap [sic] ( idnight [sic] in lifeboat) C.O. left.
8.[deleted number]4.42 Taken prisoner & handed over to Japs. by Dutch prison authorities. Placed in solitary confinement at Infantry Barracks. No wash for 8 days.
18.4.42. Taken to English P.O.W. camp. O/c Sqd. Ldr. F.L. Harrison A.M.D.W.
1.5.42. Camp moved to Infantry Barracks.
10.5.42. Rumour of 2[deleted]2[/deleted] a/c flying around island.
11.5.42. Injection for. dysentary, [sic] typhoid cholera. (Dutch)
17.6.42. Moved to [inserted]B[/inserted]andoeng.
16.9.42. Injection for. dysentary, typhoid, cholera, (R.A.F.)
23.9.42. Injection for. dysentary, typhoid, cholera, (R.A.F.)
30.9.42. Injection for. dysentary, typhoid, cholera, (R.A.F.)
10.10.42. Injection for. dysentary. bubonic plague, (R.A.F.)
16.10.42. Nipponese pay parade.
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[inserted] 10 11 42 FIRST LETTER HOME [/inserted]
10.11.42. First NIP letter home.
[inserted] 19 11 42 1ST ISSUE OF EXTRA NIPPON RATIONS [/inserted]
19.11.42. First issue of extra rations for Office’s.
[inserted] 28.11.42 NIP PAY PARAPE [sic] [/inserted]
28.11.42. Nipponese pay parade.
26.12.42. Second Nip letter home. Written on special card.
[inserted] [indecipherable words] ON SPECIAL CARD. [/inserted]
29.12.42 Nipponese pay parade.
[inserted] 26.12.42 SECOND [/inserted]
[inserted] 29 12 42 [indecipherable words]

[underlined] 1943 [/underlined]

[inserted] JEUDWINE LEFT 6.3.42 REST OF PARTY PICKED UP. 21.4.42
SUBMARINE ENTERED COVE 30.4.42 [/inserted]

5 [missing numerals]

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[underlined] 1943 [/underlined]

9 1 43 Inoculation for Dysentry [sic] cholera typhoid. (R A F)
26 1 43 Nip Pay Parade.
[inserted] 26 1 43 Nip Pay Parade. [/inserted]
15 2 43 Vaccination (R A F)
26 2 43 Nip pay parade.
25 3 43 Nip pay parade. . .
26.4.43 Nip pay parade. .
During May A number of letters from England were distributed in the camp (about 40) mostly addressed through the [deleted] Bureau [/deleted] Prisoner of War Bureau of Information, Tokyio [sic], or Believed to be a Prisoner of War,
27 5 43 Nip pay parade
29 5 43 12 people went for the first walk into the town:
19 6 43 Went for walk in the town.
24 6 43 Nip pay parade.
1 7 43 Nip postcard home.
9 7 43 [deleted] Nip postcard home [/deleted] Inoculation, Typhoid, Cholera, Dysentry, RAF
[inserted] 9 7. 43 [/inserted]
12 7 43 Nip postcard to Jane.
17 7 43 Move to Menado Camp
[inserted] 17.7.43 MOVE TO MENADO CAMP [/inserted]
21 7 43 Nip pay parade
[inserted] 21.7.43 NIP PAY PARADE [/inserted]
23 7 43 Bandoeng to Tjamihi
[inserted] 23.7.43 MOVE TO TJAMIHI [/inserted]
1 9 43 Tjamani to Batavia (Cycle Camp)
[inserted] 1 9 43 TJAMANI BATAVIA (CYCLE CAMP) [/inserted]
26.9.43 Left Batavia on “Macassa Maru” for Singapore
29 9[deleted]0[/deleted] 43 Arrived Singapore. Billited [sic] Changi barracks.
2 10 43 Payed [sic] by Nips f90.79. 13 months savings @ 83 ¢. 2 months deduction of board and lodgings @ f40. per month f
12 10 43 Inoculation for dysentary (Singapore)
21 10 43 Draft with English party left Changi camp. Rumoured to be going to Formosa. 15 British Officers and 16 OR’s left.
1 11 43 New rates of pay. $70.83 – less $20.00 board and lodgings – less $5.83 savings. Amount to draw $45.00
6 11 43 Last of the draft left Changi including Sgt Bennett.
14 11 43 Drew $40
1 12 43 Nip pay parade
10 12 43 Nip psotcard [sic] home
26 12 43 Moved to C Group
29.12.43 Vaccination
31.12.43 Nip pay parade.