Tracey, Charles Patrick (Major, b.1908 - d.1974)

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Accession Number PR03469
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Diary, Photograph
Maker Tracey, Charles Patrick
Place made Singapore, Singapore: Changi
Date made 1942 -1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Collection relating to NX70508 Major Charles Patrick Tracey, 2/26 Battalion, Second World War. Collection comprises of five diaries written by Tracey documenting his service from the fall of Singapore in 1941, his captivity as a prisoner of war of the Japanese (in Changi), and his return to Australia in 1945. The diaries also include recipes, poems, and lists of those who died. There is also a black and white studio photograph of Tracey.