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World War II hero: “How I survived as a POW”

Wal Williams, 95, tells his extraordinary story of survival after his ship was torpedoed in 1944. Out of the 1317 Australian and British prisoners of war on Wal’s ship, only 158 survived.   
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Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/nsw/world-war-ii-hero-how-i-survived-as-a-pow/audio/5e09bc33c7a178406b2d27b8e019d9de