| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.26 |
| Collection number | PR91/077 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Typescript, Newspaper cutting |
| Physical description | 13 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Donnelly, Eric |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1953; 1991 |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 Period 1990-1999 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Wallet 1 of 1 - Papers relating to the service of Eric 'Blue' Donnelly, 1953; 1991
Description
Papers relating to the Korean War service of 1400205 Private Eric 'Blue' Donnelly, 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1953; 1991.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains a transcript of a fifteen minute presentation that was given by Private (Pte) Eric Donnelly on the ABC radio program, "Guest of Honour" in 1953. Pte Donnelly gives an account of his capture, medical treatment, and repatriation while a prisoner of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. An expanded account of Donnelly's experience entitled "I was a prisoner in North Korea" was published in the regimental magazine "Duty First" in November 1991.