Ex Prisoner Of War Relatives Association badge : Corporal D F Graham, 8 Australian Division Signals

Places	Asia: Japan, Osaka Asia: Singapore
Accession Number	REL46204
Collection type	Heraldry
Object type	Badge
Physical description	Enamel, Gilded metal
Maker	K G Luke
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made	Unknown
Conflict	Period 1960-1969
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Description

Gilded metal and enamel badge shaped in a five point star enclosed within chain link. A light blue enamel circle with the text 'EX-P.O.W. & RELATIVES ASS'N' flanks a smaller dark blue enamel circle bordered with barbed wire and bearing the text 'EX- / P.O.W. / R.A.'. A separate circular piece of gilded metal with the number '69' in green enamel to indicate the year of paid membership has been attached to the base of the badge. '2960' is stamped on 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.