Blood on The Rising Sun (1980) By John McGregor
 
McGregor enlisted AIF 15 May 1941 later joining 2/4th MGB’s ‘B’ Company 7 Platoon under Commanding Officer Lt Penrod Dean.
 
Escaped from Changi with Lieutenant Penrod Dean. Captured 6/4/1942 at Pontian Keechil in Johore State by Malay Police and handed over to Imperial Japanese Army on 7/4/1942. Sentenced to two years solitary confinement at H.M. Prison, Outram Road.
 
After their capture, McGregor and WX6067 Lt. Penrod Dean formerly Commanding Officer of ‘B’ Company No. 7 Platoon from 2/4th were marched into the Supreme Court, Singapore where they each received a sentence of two years solitary confinement. McGregor called the sentence “The March of Time”. Some of his other descriptions included:  
The Cat and the Canary – A Japanese prison guard creeping up on an unsuspecting prisoner in his cell.
The Sky Patrol – Left Singapore a little too early.
He Stayed for Breakfast – But disappeared as soon as he learned there was more rice for dinner.
Gone with the Wind – That extra ration of rice!
 
John McGregor was 38 years old when he enlisted.  He, like many thousands of men was bitterly disappointed when the Allies surrendered and 8th Division found they were POWs of the Japanese.  
 
He wrote a book about his years in Outram Gaol “Blood on the Rising Sun” describing his experience where most men in solitary confinement drifted into ‘merciful death or were pushed there by the swift sword of the Japanese’.   John was one those to survive his hellish ordeal.
 
A scarce book
 
Soft Cover
227 pages
In Good Condition