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Record Number: 25578


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My talk on "The Development of Malayan Surveys" is read by Sworder. It goes very well. Many people come and congratulate me on it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

21 Jul 1943

Country:

Malaysia

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Singapore
specific address: Changi
other location: prisoner of war camp

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sworder

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Colonial Service

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Malaysia

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

male prisoners of war


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Kitching

Title:

The Development of Malayan Surveys

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

25578

Source:

Print

Author:

Tom Kitching

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Life and Death in Changi

Place of Publication:

Perth

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

238

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Tom Kitching, Life and Death in Changi (Perth, 1998), p. 238, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25578, accessed: 27 April 2024


Additional Comments:

By this stage, the lump in Tom's throat has become so enlarged that he has lost the ability to speak. He then arranges for a friend to read a lecture of Malayan surveys which he had be scheduled to do some months back

   
   
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