Flowers, William Alfred (Private, b.1919 - d.2012)

Place Asia: Singapore, Changi
Accession Number PR03316
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Extent: 2 cm; Wallet/s: 1; Oversize: 1
Object type Memoir, Document, Photograph
Maker Flowers, William Alfred
Place made Singapore: Changi
Date made 1943
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX27026 Private Willaim Alfred Flowers, 2/9 Field Ambulance, Changi, 1943.

Wallet 1 of 1 - contains an account written by Flowers about his impressions of the Malayan campaign and as a prisoner of war [undated] and a British Red Cross Identity Certificate.

Oversize folder 1 of 1 - contains a copy of a plan of the memorial in the Roberts Barracks hospital area, Changi, August 1943; a photograph of the memorial cairn and garden constructed by the patients at Changi hospital; and a photograph of the demolished memorial cairn, destroyed by the Japanese after the removal of the hospital to Selarang.