Panong

Jean carried him every day, and her own health was definitely better than when they had left Panong.

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950

From Panong to Kuala Lumpur is forty-seven miles; it took a minute for his meaning to sink in.

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950

"Are you the lady that was leading the party of women and children from Panong?" she asked.

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950

She had suffered from both malaria and dysentery at Panong, and she was now very weak; she had to stop and rest every ten minutes, and when she stopped they all stopped since the sergeant would not allow them to separate.

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950

"Not the party who were taken at Panong and marched across Malaya?"

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950

Mrs Frith said, "We got took in Panong, over on the west coast, waiting for a boat to get away."

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950

We were taken prisoner at Panong, and since then we have walked many hundreds of miles to this place.

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950

The women under thirty, and the children, were inmost cases actually in better condition than when they left Panong; they were cheered by the easier discipline, and stimulated by the exercise and by the improvement in the diet brought by fruit and sweets.

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950

For the first time since they left Panong the women had sufficient protein with their rice, and their health began to show an improvement at once.

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950

They were now a very different party from the helpless people who had started off from Panong nearly six months before.

A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950