| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR05234 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Berry, Jim |
| Place made | Australia, Netherlands East Indies, Singapore |
| Date made | 1939-1942 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Berry, Jim (Ordinary Seaman, b.1922 - d.1942)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of B3089 Ordinary Seaman Jim Berry, HMS Anking, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, Singapore, and Netherlands East Indies, 1939-1942.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of letters and documents relating to Ordinary Seaman Berry. In his letters to his family and friends, Ordinary Seaman writes about leave in Sydney, going to the Anzac Buffet at Hyde Park, doing his regular duties on the ship, sending and receiving mail, his impressions of Singapore, transferring ships several times, struggling with heat and humidity, driving an Air Force ammunition truck, having his belongings stolen, and severe air raids.
This wallet contains:
1x 9/49 Battalion Programme of Drills, 28 July to 15 December 1939.
1x Australian Military Forces Certificate of Discharge of Jim Berry, Brisbane, 21 June 1940.
1x Letter from Ordinary Seaman Berry to his mother, Margaret Winifred Berry, and family, HMAS Penguin, [date unknown], [includes envelope].
1x Letter from Ordinary Seaman Berry to his mother, Margaret Winifred Berry, and family, Somewhere at Sea, [date unknown], [includes envelope].
1x Letter from Ordinary Seaman Berry to his mother, Margaret Winifred Berry, and family, [date unknown], [includes envelope].
1x Letter from Ordinary Seaman Berry to his mother, Margaret Winifred Berry, and family, HMS Sultan, Singapore, 25 January 1941, [includes envelope].
1x Letter from Ordinary Seaman Berry to his mother, Margaret Winifred Berry, and family, Somewhere (not) at Sea, 6 February 1942, [includes envelope].
1x Handwritten copy of letter from Ordinary Seaman Berry to his friend Daphne, Batavia, Java, [date unknown], [includes envelope].
1x Telegram from the Navy to Mrs Margaret Winifred Berry, informing that Ordinary Seaman Berry was missing in action, Melbourne, 17 March 1942, [includes envelope].
1x Letter from the Red Cross Bureau to Mrs Margaret Winifred Berry, regarding Ordinary Seaman Berry and the HMS Anking, Brisbane, 31 August 1942.