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Charles Rowland Bromley "Rowley" Richards (8 June 1916 – 26 February 2015) was an Australian Army medical officer who, as a prisoner of war during the Second World War, is credited with saving countless lives on the notorious Burma Railway where prisoners suffered and died under inhumane conditions. Journalist Andrew Denton described him as "as good a man as this country has produced".〔 A graduate of the University of Sydney, Richards became Regimental Medical Officer of the 2/15th Field Regiment in 1940. When Singapore fell on 15 February 1942, he became a prisoner of the Japanese. In September 1944, the transport on which he was being shipped to Japan was attacked and sunk by US submarines. He spent three days on a raft before he was picked up by a Japanese warship, and spent the rest of the war in Sakuta in Japan. Richards returned to Australia in October 1945, married and established a private practice. He served as chairman of the St John Ambulance Association, as medical adviser to the Australian Olympic rowing teams, and as honorary medical director of the City to Surf. He published two books about his wartime experiences. ==Early life== Charles Rowland Bromley Richards was born in Summer Hill, New South Wales, on 8 June 1916, the son of Charles Howell Richards, a draughtsman who worked for H. E. C. Robinson, which produced the Gregory's street directory, and his wife, Clive (née Bromley), a teacher at the Deaf and Dumb School in Sydney; both parents were deaf. Rowley had a brother, Frank.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Richards, Charles Rowland Bromley B883 NX70273 )〕 Richards was educated at Summer Hill Intermediate High School and Fort Street Boys High School. In 1933 he entered the University of Sydney, where he studied medicine, graduating in 1939.〔 He also served in the Militia with the 1st Artillery Survey Company, reaching the rank of lieutenant on 4 September 1939.〔 He completed his residency at Mater Hospital in North Sydney in 1940.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rowley Richards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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