Sweetheart Brooch with Rising Sun and 8 Australian Division Signals colour patch : Corporal D F Graham, 8 Australian Division Signals

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Accession Number REL46203
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Badge
Physical description Gilded metal, Paint, Perspex
Maker Unknown
Date made Unknown
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Triangular perspex sweetheart brooch. A light blue triangle flanks a smaller dark blue triangle bearing a gold and red rising sun. In the centre of the rising sun is the 8 Australian Division Signals colour patch. Made from a press mould with a brooch pin fitted to the reverse.

History / Summary

Associated with VX52218 Corporal Donald Francis Graham, 8 Australian Division Signals. He enlisted on 27 March 1941 in Royal Park, Victoria. He was taken prisoner in Singapore on 17 February 1942 and was kept as a Prisoner of War in Osaka, Japan. He was discharged on 21 December 1945.