Documents relating to the service of Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone

Place Asia: Korea, Inchon, Jinsen POW Camp
Accession Number AWM2019.22.193
Collection number PR01044
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Book
Physical description 200 Image/s captured
Maker Johnstone, Alexander Roland Campbell (Alex)
Wilkinson, John D
Place made Korea: Inchon, Jinsen POW Camp
Date made 1942-1947
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.
Description

Documents relating to the Second World War service of NX20572 Corporal Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone, 2/15th Field Regiment and Audit Office, Command Pay Staff of the AIF in Malaya.

This file contains a handmade 1942 Christmas menu from Jinsen Camp featuring drawings of a candle and a bottle, a book titled “Chosen Recipes" written by Johnstone at Jinsen Camp with recipes ranging from sweet to savoury, and a book titled “Chosen Cocktails" containing recipes for a variety of beverages. The file also includes a pencil sketch of Johnstone in uniform, a book titled "Sketches of a POW in Korea" by J.D. Wilkinson containing drawings with captions, and Johnstone’s demobilisation procedure book including discharge forms.

This file contains:

Christmas menu, 1942;
“Chosen” recipes by Alexander R.C. Johnstone;
“Chosen” Cocktails;
Sketch of Alex Johnstone by unknown artist;
"Sketches of a POW in Korea" by JD Wilkinson;
Demobilization Procedure Book