article_snippet: After his brutal ordeal as a Japanese PoW, Eric Lomax struggled to adjust to civilian life and joined the Colonial Service, which administered most of Britain's overseas possessions.
article_snippet: Eric Lomax was posted to the Gold Coast where Eric Lomax helped to build a huge dam across the Volta river and oversaw the construction of a 600 mile, 3ft 6in gauge railway.
article_snippet: When Eric Lomax's came back from the Far East to Eric Lomax's struggled to settle down to a normal life again so Eric Lomax's joined the Colonial Service and Eric Lomax's was posted to the Gold Coast. '
article_snippet: Eric Lomax'swas posted to the Gold Coast where Eric Lomax's helped to build a huge dam across the Volta river and oversaw the construction of a 600 mile, 3ft 6in gauge railway.
highlights_snippet: Eric Lomax worked on the line under duress as a Japanese prisoner of war along with thousands of others .
  