25 May 2010 > Patrons
It is a great honour for us to announce that The Java FEPOW Club 1942 now has Patrons. Read on...
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7 December 2009 > 2010 AGM & Reunion At Stratford Upon Avon
In 2010 we will return to Stratford upon Avon for our AGM & Reunion weekend, Friday 15th August to Monday 18th August 2010. Read on...
1 December 2009 > The Java Fepow 1942 Club Marches On For Years To Come
The Java FEPOW 1942 is one of the last remaining active FEPOW clubs in existence. This is mainly due to the advancing years of the FEPOWs who run the clubs. Read on...
31 October 2009 > The 2009 AGM & Reunion Weekend
As published in The Java Journal, October 2009, written by Lesley Clark
Our reunion this year was an overwhelming success, which thankfully reinforced our decision to return to Stratford upon Avon. Personally, I found it a very touching reunion with many of our closest friends not being with us this year, but pleased that so many of us still congregate in their memory! Read on...
7 September 2007 > Newspaper reviews of our book
Times Online: Review of the book "Prisoners in Java" by Sibylla Jane Flower, 15th August 2007.
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Birmingham Post: "Prisoners in Java" book review, 13th August 2007.
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6 September 2007 > RFHC Conference
The Reseaching FEPOW History group has just announced its 2nd International Conference which will be held at NMA in Staffordshire 31 May - 1 June 2008.
The focus will be Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong. Speakers include the Mr Jeyathurai (Director of Changi Museum), Tony Banham (Hong Kong War Diary website) and Sears Eldredge (US expert on FEPOW camp entertainments).
Further details and registration forms are available at: www.researchingfepowhistory.org.uk
Don't delay in booking, places are limited and this will be a sell-out!
4 September 2007 > Guardian interviews (videos)
"The Java Club has been recording personal accounts of the experiences of ex Far East Prisoners of War (FEPOWs) for more than 20 years. Members Bill Marshall and Syd Whitehead tell us about the club’s new book, Prisoners in Java, which brings together these stories for the first time." Watch the video here.
"Java Club member Maurice Kester recently found a diary he kept while he was a Far East POW during the second world war. At the launch of the Java Club’s new book, he revisited his diary for the first time in more than 60 years." Watch the video here.
"Terry Waite, patron of Children of Far East Prisoners of War, talks about the importance of the new Java Club book at the launch." Watch the video here.
12 August 2007 > Press launch
The press launch of our book "Prisoners in Java" was held at the Falcon Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon on the morning of Saturday 11th August 2007, on the occasion of the Java FEPOW 1942 Club's AGM. The press launch was at the request of the National Lottery, which helped the Club with the publication costs.
The Royal British Legion led a parade of their own standards and those of the RAFA and the Burma Star Association, with the FEPOWs following.
Along with press representatives, we were delighted to welcome Mr. Terry Waite, the Mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon and military attachés from the US Embassy and the Australian High Commission.
Speeches were given by the Java 1942 Club's chairman, Mr. Bill Marshall and fellow FEPOWs, Mr. Syd Whitehead and Mr. Fred Ryall.
We are delighted to report that this very successful launch received suitable media coverage, details of which are also to be found on this page.