Author: CLARKE, HUGH V.,
Title: A Life for Every Sleeper. A pictorial record of the Burma-Thailand railway. First edition.
Description: Sydney-London-Boston, Allen & Unwin, 1986. Square 8°., original coloured and partly illustrated stiff wrappers. [113]pp. of general informative text and 87 black/white illustrations in text and full-page, 1 coloured plate illustrating the Allies Cemetery Burma, sketch-map of the region in text, table of contents, synopsis and concise biographical note to author on lower outer wrapper. A ohoto-record with text by author who survived sixteen months and six different camps as part of 'D' Force. Text reveals experiences at japanese slave labour camps alongside Burma-Thailand railway, Pacific war 1942-1945, e.g. 'Work cheerfully' (Lt.Col. Y. Nagatomo to 'A' Force) Thanbyuzayat, Burma; 'A special savagery', Dunlop Force, Thailand; The cutt'ng and the pack of cards bridge 'D' Force, Thailand; The long March, 'F Force, Thailand; Infamous conditions and cholera, 'H' Force, Thailand; Conscript Asian labour, 'K' and 'L' Force, Thailand..Very fine copy.

Keywords: lapanese camps slave labour photography photo record history pacific war burma thailand railway railroad pacific war infamity sleeper allies southeast asia savagery war crime