Accession Number | PR05216 |
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Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
Object type | Letter, Book |
Place made | At sea, Australia, 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. |
Stringer, Stephen Alfred
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX52319 Stephen Alfred 'Fred' Stringer, 2/18 Infantry Battalion, prisoner of war and member of the Changi Concert Party. Collection consists of three prisoner of war postcards written from Changi, plus a handwritten letter from Stringer to his mother, written on board a hospital ship on his way home after release from Singapore. Also in the collection is a copy of the AIF Changi Souvenir Song Album - a publication of 24 of the most popular hits from the AIF Concert Party.