| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.227 |
| Collection number | PR01123 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 239 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Hubert, Michael Stephen |
| Place made | Singapore |
| Date made | 1941-1945 |
| 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. |
Wallet 3 of 5 - Diaries of Michael Stephen Hubert, 1941-1945
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S/5680096 Private Michael Stephen Hubert, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), British Army.
Wallet 3 of 5 - This wallet consists of Hubert's original, very detailed diary, hand-written and kept in 8 parts in a brown folder. The diary describes his service from the time of embarkation on 29 September 1941 to his disembarkation on 8 October 1945. He arrived in Malaya in late 1941, then was taken prisoner of war in February 1942 following the fall of Singapore. He spent the next 15 months in Changi before being moved to Thailand in May 1943 to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. December 1943 saw him moved back to Singapore, initially to the Sime Road Camp then to Changi Goal. During this period he worked on building a new aerodrome at the old Changi army camp. Amongst other things, the diaries include eye-witness descriptions of the Selarang Incident in September 1942 when British and Australian prisoners were forced to crowd in the barracks square for nearly five days with little water and no sanitation; plus the five day journey from Singapore to Thailand in steel rice trucks.
Wallet also includes a handwritten page listing diary highlights.