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

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Accession Number REL46205
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Heraldry
Physical description Cotton, Felt
Maker Unknown
Date made Unknown
Conflict Period 1960-1969
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Felt and cotton square square patch embroidered with the Ex Prisoner Of War Relatives Association badge. The gold badge is shaped in a five point star enclosed within chain link. A light blue circle with orange text 'EX-P.O.W. & RELATIVES ASS'N' flanks a smaller dark blue circle bordered with gold barbed wire and bearing the gold text 'EX- / P.O.W. / R.A.'.

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.