| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.210 |
| Collection number | PR00592 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Notebook |
| Physical description | 216 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. |
Notebook of Avon Reah Smith-Ryan, 1942-1945
Description
Notebook relating to the Second World War service of WX3453 Captain Avon Reah Smith-Ryan, 2/4 Australian Machine Gun Battalion.
This notebook was kept by Captain Smith-Ryan between December 1940 and May 1945 while he was a prisoner of war at Adam Park Camp and Changi. It contains personal accounts of actions taken by Australian soldiers in the lead up to the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. A record of atrocities and cruelties committed by the Japanese at Singapore Island on 19 February 1942, casualty lists, and camp conditions are also mentioned.
[This item has been scanned in its original order].