Stringer, Stephen Alfred

Accession Number PR05216
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.
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.