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Accession Number | AWM2022.6.19 |
Collection number | AWM2018.1039.1 |
Collection type | Digitised Collection |
Record type | Wallet |
Item count | 1 |
Object type | Papers |
Physical description | 11 Image/s captured |
Maker |
Rogers, Henry Knight |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection relating to the Second World War experience of Mr Henry Knight Rogers, Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, 1942
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War experience of Mr Henry Knight Rogers, Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, 1942.
Collection consists of one letter, enclosed notes in three parts, and original envelope. The letter, dated 25 March 1942, was sent from Mr Henry Knight Rogers to Mrs Edith May Gray, the wife of one of his Penang staff, Andrew Fleming Gray. The notes were written with the purpose of informing Singapore Harbour Board staff and their families of the details of the evacuation of staff from Singapore in February 1942.