| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.194 |
| Collection number | PR01044 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 29 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Johnstone, Alexander Roland Campbell (Alex) |
| Place made | Korea: Inchon, Jinsen POW Camp |
| Date made | 1942-1945 |
| 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. |
Correspondence relating to service of Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone
Description
Correspondence 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 includes instructions issued to prisoners of war in Jinsen camp by Colonel Y. Noguchi warning against hostility, and letters from Johnstone to his wife Marguerite, “Peg”, dated between 3 November 1942 and 31 August 1945. The letters contain well-wishes, plans for the future, and descriptions of life in prisoner of war camps. Also included are telegrams from the Minister for the Army to Marguerite Johnstone confirming Johnstone's location in 1942 and his recovery in 1945, handmade greeting cards given to Johnstone while incarcerated, and a note in Russian accompanied by a translation regarding the gifting of a sword from officers in the Red Army.
This file contains:
Instructions Given by Colonel Y. Noguchi, September 1942;
Postcard from Alex Johnstone to Peg, [3 November 1942];
Telegram from the Minister for the Army, 20 November 1942;
Postcard from Alex Johnstone to Peg, 27 January 1943;
Letter from Alex Johnstone to Mrs. A.R. Johnstone, 23 September 1943;
Shortwave message from A.R.C. Johnstone to M.M. Johnstone, 24 November 1943;
Letter from Alex Johnstone to Mrs. A.R. Johnstone, 20 January 1944;
Postcard from Alex Johnstone to Mrs. A.R. Johnstone, 7 October 1944;
Handmade Christmas card from the Australian Officers at Jinsen to Johnstone, [1942-1944];
Handmade birthday card from the Boys to Alex, [5 January] 1945;
Photocopy of letter from Alex Johnstone to Peg, 31 August 1945;
Note from Officers in the Red Army to Johnstone, 6 September 1945;
Translation of note from Officers in the Red Army to Johnstone, 6 September 1945;
Telegram from Minister for the Army to Mrs M Johnstone, 19 September 1945