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Major T M Pemberton MB FRCS
Catalogue reference: TMP
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This record is about the Major T M Pemberton MB FRCS dating from 1942-1948.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- TMP
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Title (The name of the record)
- Major T M Pemberton MB FRCS
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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Medical records (largely photocopies) kept by Pemberton and others in Chungkai and Tamawa Prisoner of War Camps in Thailand during the building and maintenance of the Burma-Thailand Railway, particularly ts diaries of the hospitals (September 1944-August 1945) and reports on medical conditions at various times.
The papers comprise contemporary medical records and reports written by Pemberton and others in these camps. Those items asterisked are original documents, but otherwise all papers in the collection are photocopies
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Imperial War Museum Department of Documents
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Pemberton, Thomas Max, 1910-1990, surgeon</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 PHOTOCOPIES
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Unrestricted
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Major Pemberton served as a medical officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps from March 1941 to 1945, was at the fall of Singapore and was Senior Medical Officer in Chungkai and Tamawan camps in Thailand during the building and maintenance of the Burma-Thailand railway.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/651af4fa-b4b6-4d90-bcbf-de838b33ff47/
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Major T M Pemberton MB FRCS