We want to know more about a magazine called ‘Camp Pie’ which was produced in the Changi Prisoner of War Camp using an old typewriter. One of our members, Terry, has a copy of Camp Pie that belonged his father, Edmond Joseph Byrne, who served in the Royal Army Medical Core, in Burma, Malaysia - ending up in Changi at the fall of Singapore. We understand the Camp Pie magazine is rare. This edition comprises of 14 pages - the inside pages are more legible than the outside – which is expected considering the conditions in the Changi PoW camp and the hundreds of prisoners who handled it. Terry tried to find out about Edmond’s experiences in Changi, but was forbidden to raise the subject as Edmond suffered from terrible nightmares, and talking about his time in Singapore was difficult for him.

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