Hoten pow camp, mukden, manchuria - Prisoners of War of the ...

English historian and recorded an oral history which is at the Wanneroo Library
and available on order through local libraries in Western Australia.
Desmond Brennan was the sole Medical Officer with the British (they included
us) Party. There were 2 or 3 MOs with the Americans. Des’ efforts on behalf of
the POWs were widely acknowledged. It was a thankless task and achieved in
the most difficult of conditions. There were the extremes of temperature from
over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in summer to 40degrees minus in winter.
Cuttings from Perth Newspapers – date unknown
Bobby Shoobridge is the sole survivor (in 2005). (He also drove the last
ambulance over the Causeway when the Allies withdrew onto Singapore Island
on 31 January 1942. He and another 2/3 MAC man Gordon Nichols were
actually after the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders). Bobby is an unashamed
fan of Desmond (Doc) Brennan and is in the best position to make a judgment, as
he served with him in Malaya, Singapore and Manchuria. Bobby Shoobridge
received the following citation from the War Department of the United States of
America in acknowledgement of his work for his fellow POWs (clearly including
the Americans) in Manchuria.