Fox, Robert Eldon (Private)

Places	Asia: Burma Thailand Railway Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Hintok Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Konyu Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Nakom Paton Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Tarsau
Accession Number	PR03287
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	Folio: 27.5 x 35 x 6 cm
Object type	Album
Maker	Various
Place made	Burma
Date made	1942-1945
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945

Description

Collection relating to SX5313 Private Robert Eldon Fox, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, 1943-1945. Collection consists of an album containing illustrations of the different types of artificial legs Fox made for his fellow prisoners of war on the Burma-Thailand Railway. Fox also served in the First World War.

History / Summary

The illustrations were secretly compiled into a book for Fox as a tribute to his work constructing artificial legs for prisoners who had lost limbs due to tropical ulcers. Fox, a carpenter prior to the war, made the artificial limbs from bamboo and other pieces of wood he could scavenge.