| Accession Number | PR05109 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1cm |
| Object type | Letter, Document |
| Maker |
Commonwealth of Australia Kepel, Otto |
| Date made | 1945 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Scott, Robert
Description
Collection relating to DX28 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Scott, 2/10 Australian Field Regiment, who lost his life while a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Burma (now Myanmar). Collection comprises 3 items. The first is a document from the Department of the Army stating that Sgt Scott died on service with 2/10 Australian Field Regiment and the medals he was awarded; the second is an original telegram from the Minister for the Army to Sgt Scott's wife, Thelma Scott, advising her of the death of Sgt Scott from illness in February 1944; the third is an original 2 page handwritten letter dated 13 October 1945, and sent from Manilla by 96083 PVT Otto Kepel of the Dutch Army Infantry, to Thelma Scott. Kepel served with the Dutch Army, and recounts how he had met Mrs Scott's husband in Singapore before they were both prisoners of war of the Japanese in Burma. The letter details Kepel's belief that Sgt Scott was killed by machine gun fire from an allied air raid over the village of Nikie in Burma in April 1943.