In 1943 Captain Roy Mills, the author, was the only doctor with over 700 Australians on some of the most isolated work camps on the Thai-Burma Railway. In 1941 he sailed with the 2/10 Field Ambulance for Singapore. The unit treated the wounded in the heavy fighting down the Malaya Peninsula. After the surrender of Singapore he become a member of Pond’s Party F Force used as slave labour on the Thai- Burma Railway. This is his recollection of the events during incarceration.