Wallet 1 of 1 - Notebook relating to the military service of Frederick Gallagher Galleghan (Brigadier, DSO, OBE, ED, 8th Aust Div and POW, Changi)

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Accession Number AWM2019.22.159
Collection number 3DRL/2191
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Object type Notebook
Physical description 13 Image/s captured
Maker Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack'
Place made Singapore
Date made 1942-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX70416 Brigadier F.G. Galleghan D.S.O. O.B.E. E.D., 8th Australian Division, 1942-1945.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains one notebook including information related to the AIF in Singapore and the surrounding area between 1942 and 1945. The notebook includes information on the numbers of POWs, casualties during and after the campaign, rations, hospital data, main incidents such as deaths and massacres, Red Cross supplies, Imperial Japanese Army gardens, cemeteries, and embarkation classifications. Collection also contains an envelope addressed to ‘Brigadier F.G. Galleghan, D.S.O. O.B.E. E.D. 8th Aust. Division’ with an Australian Coat of Arms on reverse.