| Accession Number | AWM2021.7.17 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | PR03884 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 200 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Day, Francis (Frank) Russell James |
| Place made | Malaya, Singapore: Changi |
| Date made | 1941-1946 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Wallet 3 of 5 - Diary of Francis Russell James Day, volume 1 of 2, 1941-1943
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of VX39518 Private Francis Russell James Day, 1st Field Bakery, Singapore, 1941-1946.
Wallet 3 of 5 - The wallet consists of the first volume of Private Day's diary, January 1941 - September 1943. The diary is stored in a hand-made and decorated cloth pouch. Entries begin at Private Day's enlistment and cover topics such as baking bread and seeing films in Singapore, the fall of Singapore, and daily life during his internment. An entry from 9 February 1942 reads "the Japs are shelling very heavy & dive bombing us ... we wait expecting the worst, I really don't think we will get out of it alive". Day describes being wounded by shrapnel, hospitalised and losing his leg to gangrene on 19 February 1942.