Contents

Introduction
1. The Stick and the Piano (1916-1934)
2. The Jazz Man of East Java (1935-1939)
3. Anna (1939-1940)
4. Waiting for War (January-December 1941)
5. The Onslaught (December 1941 - March 1942)
6. Into the Inferno (March-December 1942)
7. Hell Ship to Singapore (January 1943)

8. Changi (January 1943)
9. The Death Railway (January-December 1943)
10. Prison Camp Musician (January 1944 - August 1945)
11. The Shadow Under the Sun (March 1942 - November 1945)
12. Liberation and Heartbreak (August 1945 - May 1946)
13. From A to Z (June 1946 - January 1947)
14. In the Oil (January 1947 - May 1948)
15. "Margie, It's Your Father!" (1949-1950)
16. Clowning (1950-1954)
17. New Start in South Africa (1954-1969)
18. Blaze Away (1969-1974)
19. Old Comrades (1974-1982)
20. With Barely a Sound (1982-1985)
21. Visit to a "Bloody Big Country"(1985)
22. Uneasy Retirement (1985-1988)
23. Veertje (1988-1992)
24. The Song is Ended (1992)
Epilogue: "Always remember him..."

Appendix A: "Chunkai P.O.W. Camp Theatre" by Walter L. Davis
Appendix B: "The Exiles," a Bolero by Norman Smith
Appendix C: The Samethini Band in Bangkok, 1945-1946
Appendix D: Sketch Artist J. Chevallier
Appendix E: The Voyage of the Usu Maru (Ray Parkin's account)
Appendix F: The Diary of Anna Samethini (March-December 1943)
Reader Comments

Art by J. Chevallier, 1946 / Han Samethini Collection