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My dad managed to survive the war.</p> <p>This site is a work in progress.</p> <p>John Larkin.</p> </div> </li> <li class="slider-default"> <img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/powcardslider.jpg&w=620&h=435&zc=1' alt='Prisoner of War' class='slide-feature-image' width='620' height='435' /><div class="slide-content"><h3>Prisoner of War</h3><p>Frank Larkin Signaller NX43393<br /> 2/19th Battalion<br /> Australian Imperial Forces</p> <p>These pages document the war time experiences of my father, Francis Xavier Larkin Snr.</p> <p>He was captured by the Japanese during the battle of the Muar in January, 1942. Following that he was interned in prisons and camps in Malaya, Singapore, Thailand and Japan. 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My dad managed to survive the war.</p> <p>This site is a work in progress.</p> <p>John Larkin.</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div>  <div class="divider clearfix"> <div class="col3-1 first"> <div id="themify-feature-posts-6" class="widget feature-posts"><h4 class="widgettitle">Latest News</h4><ul class="feature-posts-list"><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2012/02/15/story-of-2-pows/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/001_03_02_dad_pow_01a.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Story of 2 POWs' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2012/02/15/story-of-2-pows/" class="feature-posts-title">Story of 2 POWs</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">Charlie Edwards' detailed description of life as a POW, a</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/07/04/charlie-edwards-in-the-news/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Heraldsuncharlesedwards-600x473.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Charlie Edwards article' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/07/04/charlie-edwards-in-the-news/" class="feature-posts-title">Charlie Edwards article</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">Charlie Edwards, a friend of my father during the Second</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/13/links/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/australiansatwaricon.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='New links added' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/13/links/" class="feature-posts-title">New links added</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">Australian and international web sites concerned with the</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/frank-larkin/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001_03_02_dad_pow_01a.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Frank Larkin' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/frank-larkin/" class="feature-posts-title">Frank Larkin</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">My father had kept a number of photographs that were taken</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/relics/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/14_rice_dish_003.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Relics' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/relics/" class="feature-posts-title">Relics</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">These are relics from Frank's time in the army. They</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/military-photographs/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/military_photographs_05.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Military Photographs' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/military-photographs/" class="feature-posts-title">Military Photographs</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">My father collected a number of official photographs after</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/pudu-gaol-kuala-lumpur/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pudu_gaol_2009_011.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Pudu Gaol Kuala Lumpur' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/pudu-gaol-kuala-lumpur/" class="feature-posts-title">Pudu Gaol Kuala Lumpur</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">During 1942 my father Frank was incarcerated in Pudu Gaol,</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/ford-factory-singapore/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ford_factory_visit_01.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Ford Factory Singapore' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/ford-factory-singapore/" class="feature-posts-title">Ford Factory Singapore</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">Recently the National Archives of Singapore opened the</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/anzac-day-2003-singapore/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/anzac_day_11.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='ANZAC Day 2003 Singapore' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/anzac-day-2003-singapore/" class="feature-posts-title">ANZAC Day 2003 Singapore</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">On ANZAC Day 2003 I attended the dawn service at Kranji War</span></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="col3-1 "> <div id="themify-feature-posts-4" class="widget feature-posts"><h4 class="widgettitle">Galleries</h4><ul class="feature-posts-list"><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/frank-larkin/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001_03_02_dad_pow_01a.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Frank Larkin' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/frank-larkin/" class="feature-posts-title">Frank Larkin</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">My father had kept a number of photographs that were taken</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/relics/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/14_rice_dish_003.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Relics' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/relics/" class="feature-posts-title">Relics</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">These are relics from Frank's time in the army. They</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/military-photographs/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/military_photographs_05.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Military Photographs' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/military-photographs/" class="feature-posts-title">Military Photographs</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">My father collected a number of official photographs after</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/pudu-gaol-kuala-lumpur/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pudu_gaol_2009_011.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Pudu Gaol Kuala Lumpur' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/pudu-gaol-kuala-lumpur/" class="feature-posts-title">Pudu Gaol Kuala Lumpur</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">During 1942 my father Frank was incarcerated in Pudu Gaol,</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/ford-factory-singapore/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ford_factory_visit_01.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Ford Factory Singapore' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/ford-factory-singapore/" class="feature-posts-title">Ford Factory Singapore</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">Recently the National Archives of Singapore opened the</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/anzac-day-2003-singapore/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/anzac_day_11.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='ANZAC Day 2003 Singapore' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/anzac-day-2003-singapore/" class="feature-posts-title">ANZAC Day 2003 Singapore</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">On ANZAC Day 2003 I attended the dawn service at Kranji War</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/pulau-sejahat-singapore/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pulau_sejahat_132.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Pulau Sejahat Singapore' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/pulau-sejahat-singapore/" class="feature-posts-title">Pulau Sejahat Singapore</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">I had the good fortune to visit Pulau Sejahat while I was</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/labrador-park-singapore/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/labrador_park_52.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Labrador Park Singapore' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/labrador-park-singapore/" class="feature-posts-title">Labrador Park Singapore</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">I had the chance to explore the tunnels beneath Labrador</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/kranji-war-memorial/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kranji_012.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Kranji War Memorial' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/12/kranji-war-memorial/" class="feature-posts-title">Kranji War Memorial</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">During my time in Singapore I visited the the Commonwealth</span></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="col3-1 "> <div id="themify-feature-posts-3" class="widget feature-posts"><h4 class="widgettitle">Documents</h4><ul class="feature-posts-list"><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/letters/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/002_01_01_letter_100142.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Letters' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/letters/" class="feature-posts-title">Letters</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">I have found six letters written by my father during the</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/postcards/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/003_01_01_pow_card_090943.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Postcards' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/postcards/" class="feature-posts-title">Postcards</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">My father sent six prisoner of war postcards during his</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/telegrams/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/004_01_01_telegram_310142.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Telegrams' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/telegrams/" class="feature-posts-title">Telegrams</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">My father kept seven telegrams from the war years.</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/australian-military-forces/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/005_01_01_amf_notice.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Australian Military Forces' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/australian-military-forces/" class="feature-posts-title">Australian Military Forces</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">The letters below were sent to my father and his family by</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/radio-broadcasts/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/01_pow_message.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Radio broadcasts' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/radio-broadcasts/" class="feature-posts-title">Radio broadcasts</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">During the war years radio enthusiasts or "ham radio</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/red-cross-society-correspondence/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/01_red_cross_290644.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Red Cross Society' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/red-cross-society-correspondence/" class="feature-posts-title">Red Cross Society</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">The Red Cross sent a number of letters to Frank's family.</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/maps/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/04_rc_medium.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Maps' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/maps/" class="feature-posts-title">Maps</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">Frank kept several maps that relate to his time as a</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/apowra/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/02_apowra_050145-600x369.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='APOWRA' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/apowra/" class="feature-posts-title">APOWRA</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">Frank's family received a letter from the Australian</span></li><li><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/currency/"><img src='http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://pow.larkin.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/018_currency_01.jpg&w=50&h=50&zc=1' alt='Currency' class='post-img' width='50' height='50' /></a><a href="http://pow.larkin.net.au/2011/06/11/currency/" class="feature-posts-title">Currency</a> <br /><span class="post-excerpt">The Imperial Japanese Army issued their own currency during</span></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="footerwrap"> <div id="footer" class="pagewidth 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