| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.30 |
| Collection number | AWM2016.485.1 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 65 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Burns, Jack Lusby |
| Place made | Japan: Shikoku, Zentsuji |
| Date made | 1944 |
| 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, June-October 1944
Description
Diary relating to the Second World War Service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company.
This diary is the fourth 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 12 June and 3 October 1944. In his diary, Burns writes about life in the camp, including the quality and small quantity of food, always being hungry, losing weight, and having bouts of sickness. He also records his excitement about receiving a letter from home, large amounts of bed bugs, not being able to bathe because of a water shortage, hearing rumours about the state of the war, air raid warnings, being fed food originally intended for pigs, receiving Red Cross parcels, and bartering for goods with inmates.