Eric Lomax
Military Officer, Military Person
1919 – 2012
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Who was Eric Lomax?
Eric Sutherland Lomax was a British Army officer who was sent to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in 1942. He is most notable for his book, The Railway Man, about his experiences before, during, and after World War II, which won the 1996 NCR Book Award and the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography.
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- Born
- May 30, 1919
Edinburgh - Also known as
- Eric Sutherland Lomax
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Royal High School, Edinburgh
- Died
- Oct 8, 2012
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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