A War Story

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  I heard your interview on CBC, this afternoon. I remembered your name, and as you spoke about " the bald prairies", and that your Father served in WW11, I knew it had to be Ann Wheeler, from Ross Sheppard. I will certainly watch A War Story. Congratulations on all your success.

  None, 17 Nov 2020

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  My father, Harold Bowkett was in kinkasaki, always spoke fondly of Major Wheeler. It was wonderful to see again, two important figures from my childhood,namely Jack Edwards and David Donnelly who were livelong friends of my dad.

  None, 12 Oct 2018

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  Thank you again NFB for the wonderful work you do, these films always amaze me,thank you so much for showing us that the will to live is so strong and with a few smart people some tools and a bit of food there isnt much we cant do to survive

  dwyllie49, 3 Nov 2012

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  a must visit to this link about the memorial park at the camp site in Taiwan. It's in Chinese. I believe this was the camp that Mr. Jack Edwards visited as mentioned by rodmartin downstairs. http://blog.udn.com/lucywu3984/5662769

  wons, 27 Sep 2011

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  any interested people may visit: http://blog.udn.com/lucywu3984/5676146

  wons, 27 Sep 2011

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  I feel shamed that I did not know all about this, because Gin Gua Shi was the mine town I visited often in my childhood. Yes, not only the capatives' descendants should be aware of what happened, the whole world should be aware of, including Japanese themselves. So the war and the same killing will not happen again to anyone.

  wons, 27 Sep 2011

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  My father was in the original 525 who arrived in Taiwan on the England Maru in November 1942 and were sent to Kinkaseki. He was lucky enough to survive the mine and was transported to Japan in February 1945. Using his own information (that included many poems created by soldiers), the books by Jack Edwards (of whom my father would often speak) and Arthur Titherington, and the research caried out by Michael Hurst, I wrote his story in 2004. My concern was that his descendants should know what he and his compatriots went through. My only regret was that he wasn't alive to see the finished work. I met and interviewed Jack Edwards in Hong Kong in 2000 and travelled to Taiwan for the memorial service at Kinkaseki in November 2001. None of us should forget! Rod Martin

  rodmartin, 1 Aug 2010

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  Thank-You for sharing I am awed by the bravery of these men.

  grannylin46, 26 Feb 2010

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