'There are two things I would like to do before my ashes are laid to rest. One is to take a trip to Scotland and visit the place where I was bought up in the Braes of Glenlivet, and the second trip would be in November to visit the Kinkaseki POW Memorial, Taiwan, to pay my respects to the many friends I had who lost their lives in that horrible copper mine and POW Camp.' John Emmett was only six when everything changed. Life in the Highlands of Scotland in the 1920s and 30s was difficult but John was happy until he had to leave to find work. In 1935, John escaped a rather unusual situation by enlisting into the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders and by 1937 he had transferred into 2nd Battalion and found himself in Singapore. When the Japanese attacked the Gordon Highlanders fought bravely but they didn't stand a chance. In February 1942 they were taken prisoner, spending the next three and half years in conditions that were beyond anything John could have imagined. Somehow, he survived, only to be told by people who had no idea what he'd gone through, that he was a deserter and a coward for surrendering Singapore to the enemy. My Ashes to Yours. Eternal Love is a story of courage and endurance, a story of survival against the odds and a story of love. But above all it is the story of an ordinary man who survived hell on earth.