| Accession Number | PR05299 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Book |
| Maker |
Chaney, Robert Charles |
| Date made | 1942-43 |
| 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. |
Chaney, Robert Charles
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX30417 Signalman (Sig) Robert Charles Chaney who served with 8 Division Signals. Comprises a small notebook kept by Sig Chaney whilst a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese. The notebook has been handmade by Sig Chaney using his Malaya Command Military Driving Licence as the cover, and contains his handwritten poems and thoughts as a POW. Two of the pages include a letter written by Sig Chaney to his wife Alyce. Sig Chaney died of malnutrition in Japan on 23 December 1943. The notebook was brought back to Australia by NX71812 Sig Frederick de Renzie Duncan, a fellow POW in Naoetsu Camp in Japan.