Title: Samurais and circumcisions
Description: Account of a young doctor's experience as a prisoner of the Japanese in Timor and Java.

During their training in the Northern Territory, the members of the 2/12th provided medical support for the 23rd Brigade, participated in the construction of five small medical hospitals, and assisted sappers and pioneer assault units, earning the unit the nickname "2/12th Pioneers".
Subjects: Australian Personal narratives, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Personal narratives, Australian, Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, World War, 1939-1945, Prisons, History, Prisoners, Australia. Australian Army. Field Ambulance, 2/12th
People: Leslie Poidevin