| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR04740 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter, Postcard |
| Maker |
Baccus, Arthur Aubrey |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Borneo |
| Date made | 1943-1945 |
| 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. |
Baccus, Arthur Albury (Private, b.1916-d.1945)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX32443 Private Arthur Albury Baccus, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Borneo, 1943-1945.
Collection consists of three postcards from Private Baccus to his wife Margaret “Peg” Baccus and one letter. Private Baccus served in Malaya with his unit, but was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese and interned at Sandakan camp in Borneo.
In his postcards to Peg, dated between 21 February and 13 September 1943 [date of one postcard unknown], Private Baccus briefly shares that he is well and unwounded and that he is being treated well, and gives his love to those at home. The postcards bear Japanese censorship stamps.
The letter, from the Officer in Charge of New South Wales Echelon and Records, Australian Military Forces, to Margaret Baccus, is dated 14 August 1945. The letter informs Mrs Baccus that her husband had died as a result of an aerial bombardment of the prisoner of war camp in May 1945.