225518 Pte. Edwin Arthur Oram British Army 4th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment from:Dagenham, Essex Ted Oram was my father. He never spoke about the horrors he had seen and been involved with. Although I do remember him having nightmares. In the latter part of his life he had dementia and this is when he would talk a little about what had happened in the camps. Prior to his dementia he suffered a number of small strokes. Scans showed some older damage. When asked if he had ever suffered head injuries, he recalled being struck in the eye with a rifle butt by a Japanese solider. We were told this was the injury they could see after all those years.
He died in 2000, never wanting to go back to the Death Railway, which held too many memories for him. On his return to the UK after the war the first job he was given believe it or not was on the Railway! A lovely gentle man forever in my thoughts of whom I am very proud to say was my father.
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