Accession Number | PR05259 |
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Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
Object type | Letter |
Maker |
Walsh, Thomas Reginald |
Place made | Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
Date made | 1937, 1942 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Walsh, Thomas Reginald (Civilian, b.1901 - d.1942)
Collection relating to the Second World War experiences of Thomas Reginald Walsh, civilian internee, Rabaul, 1937, 1942.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of three letters written by Thomas Reginald Walsh. The first letter, dated 5 June, describes the volcanic erruption in Rabaul in 1937. The remaining two letters, dated 9 January 1942 and 16 January 1942, describe the Japanese bombing of Rabual throughout January 1942.
Thomas Reginald Walsh was a civilian telephone technician employed by the Postmaster General's Department (PMG), and a member of the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (NGVR) in Rabaul. He died at sea on 1 July 1942 when the Japanese transport ship he was on, the Montevideo Maru, was sunk off the north coast of Luzon by an American submarine.