| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR06379 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter, Souvenir, Certificate |
| Maker |
Whittaker, James Robert |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1941-1942 |
| 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. |
Whittaker, James Robert (Corporal, b.1908 - d.1942)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX72770 Corporal James Robert Whittaker, Australian Army Service Corps Section Gull Force, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1941-1942.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of six letters, one Christmas card, one sympathy letter and one commemorative scroll relating to Corporal James Robert Whittaker’s service with the Australian Army Service Corps Section Gull Force, in Australia and the Netherlands East Indies in 1941 and 1942. The six letters and Christmas card were sent by Corporal Whittaker to his sister, Mrs Dorothy Eileen Shannon (née Whittaker), and his father, Mr James Ernest Whittaker, and date between April 1941 and December 1941. In his letters, Corporal Whittaker writes about his enlistment, making friends, undergoing training in Goulburn, and waiting for embarkation in Darwin. The sympathy letter and commemorative scroll were issued by representatives of King George VI after the death of Corporal Whittaker at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, on 20 February 1942, while he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese.