A victim of war as we remember the ending of WW2
I couldn't let the 80th anniversary of VP day which meant an end to WW2 go past without a blog! I was meaning to write this one up a few days back but well I wasn't feeling up to it but as today appears to be a good day here it is! Memories used to come flooding back to my mother about the 15th August 1945 when the girls and her dropped all the hats they were working on at Normoyle's in the CBD and raced into the packed Sydney streets for hours of merriment. But although there was joy there was sadness for those that lost their lives in the wilds of Papua New Guinea - where my father fought the whole five years - and in other Asian areas including Singapore. Today I wish to honour the following young man who lost his life in the Sandakan death camp. ROBERT CHARLES PURVIS Robert was the eldest son of Charles Allen Purvis and his wife Sylvania of Alexandria and was born in 1914 and we know he was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW Cam...