PAVILLARD, Stanley S (#171)

Alan Pollock’s Rough Notes:

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Doctor Stanley Septimus PAVILLARD MBE MC was originally brought up in Las Palmas and in Singapore was Medical Officer to the “Vultures”, the STRAITS SETTLEMENTS VOLUNT£ER FORCE.

His book, “The Bamboo Doctor”, describes some of the savagery of the Japanese Imperial Army and the atrocious conditions experienced at the FALL of SINGAPORE, the railroad and march northwards, at KAMBURI in SIAM and on the Siam-Burmese DEATH RAILWAY “one life for every 10 yards of track”, where his work helped save hundreds of lives, even though 17,000 Allied servicemen out of 70,000 would perish and 100,000 Asian lives were lost.

Guided for his blind signature, this represents not only the FAR EAST PRISONERS of WAR but also, through his many years at St DUNSTAN’s, all those other BLINDED SERVICE MEN and WOMEN.