Letters: William Frankland obituary

Before he became a world renowned immunologist, William Frankland played a critical role in saving the lives of many PoWs, that of my father, Geoff Munton, included. As a camp doctor he worked with rudimentary resources and at risk of punishment beatings while he cared for and protected his most vulnerable patients from the cruelty of the Japanese regime.

He encountered my father at Kranji hospital after the liberation of Singapore, lying on a pallet and weighing less than 32kg (5st). From the local hospital ship he secured the blood transfusion that ultimately saved Dad’s life. Bill later recounted that he was never sure of my father’s fate until years later he was walking down Piccadilly and he bumped into “Sapper Munton” and his daughter Sally.

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from Asthma | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3etRdRY