Saturday, October 16, 2010

'stick to your post.' said Evatt

Mr Vivian Bowden
"He was removed from the cinema hall where the prisoners were being held and, according to later reports, was shot behind the building after being forced to dig his own grave."



Mr V.G. Bowden, wearing CBE insignia, with Mrs Bowden after a ceremony at which Mr Bowden, official representative of Australia in Malaya, received the CBE from the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Shenton Thomas.
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