| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.207 |
| Collection number | PR00592 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary, Papers |
| Physical description | 64 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Smith-Ryan, Avon Reah |
| Place made | Singapore: Changi |
| 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. |
Diary of Avon Reah Smith-Ryan, 1942-1945
Description
Diary relating to the Second World War service of WX3453 Captain Avon Reah Smith-Ryan, 2/4 Australian Machine Gun Battalion.
This collection consists of an unbound, unofficial war diary in which Smith-Ryan gives an account of the daily movements of 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion from 30 January until the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. Other items include a small notebook containing casuality lists, nominal rolls and movements of prisoners of war at Changi from 1942 to 1945, an unsigned escape agreement, and a nominal roll for 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion personnel at Changi in May 1945.
This file contains:
War diary, 7 Platoon, B Company, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, 2 February - 14 February 1942;
Note detailing the movements of 7 Platoon, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, 31 January 1942 - 15 February 1942;
List of internees from 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion at Changi, 10 January 1943;
War diary, 8 Platoon, B Company, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, 24 January-15 February 1942;
War diary, 9 Platoon, B Company, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, 24 January-19 February 1942;
War diary, B Company, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, 24 January-17 February 1942;
War diary, B Company - Headquarters Company, 30 January-15 February 1942;
Memo from Captain Smith-Ryan concerning NCOs in Adam Park Camp, 28 August 1942;
Unsigned escape agreement for prisoners of war at Adam Park Camp, 13 September 1942;
Notebook listing 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion personnel on POW Forces ex-Changi, casualty lists, 1942-1945;
Nominal Roll of members of 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion in Changi, May 1945.