Title: Scorpion on the Ceiling
First published: 2005
Description: This is the story of Roddy Martines family from the time his father Charles arrive in Singapore to work for the Borneo Company in 1922. In 1939 they moved to Sarawak which was shortly to be invaded by the Japanese. Charles was interned in Changi jail forthe duration of the war while his wife Pat escaped to Australia with the Children.
Subjects: History, British, World War, 1939-1945
Places: Singapore
Time periods: Japanese occupation, 1942-1945