Of Love and War: The Letters and Diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and His Family, 1939-1945 |
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ADRIAN'S DIARY Changi afternoon arrived attap August AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA Avenel Avenel beri beri Betty birthday bombs camp Captain Chinese cholera clothes coolies Curlewis darling dinner dysentery ETHEL'S DIARY FAMILY father feeling feet Fraser's Hill Gaol happy hell hospital Japanese Johore Bahru July June jungle Kuala Lumpur last night letters Leura Lieutenant Colonel look love Adrian love Mummie lunch malaria MALAYA AIF Headquarters Malaya Command March meal Mess miles months morning Mosman Mother move Muriama Nips officers parade party Philippa prisoners quinine railway rain realise received Red Cross rice road rubber sent Sept Singapore Singapore Swimming Club sleep Sunday sweat swim Sydney talk terrific Thailand things thoughts told tonight troops truck week wonder write yesterday