| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.29 |
| Collection number | AWM2016.485.1 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 77 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Burns, Jack Lusby |
| Place made | Japan: Shikoku, Zentsuji |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Diary of Jack Lusby Burns, May-September 1943
Description
Diary relating to the Second World War Service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company.
This diary is the third of six diaries kept by Burns while he was a prisoner of war in Japan. It was written in Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp, Kagawa Prefecture, and contains entries dated between 1 May and 22 September 1943. In his diary, Burns writes about his life in the camp, including the quality and small quantity of food, always feeling hungry, and losing weight. He also records keeping rabbits and growing vegetable to supplement their rations, writing a letter home, attending lectures, playing card games, crafting shoes from wood, large amounts of bed bugs, receiving Red Cross parcels, and experiencing a big earth tremor.