| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2022.6.21 |
| Collection number | AWM2016.651.1 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 15 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 71 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Commonwealth of Australia Prosser, Francis |
| Place made | Australia, Malaya, Singapore |
| Date made | 1941-1946 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX37385 Private Francis Prosser, 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion, Malaya, Singapore, Australia, 1941-1946
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX37385 Private Francis Prosser, 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion, Malaya, Singapore, Australia, 1941-1946.
Wallet 1 of 1 consists of various papers relating to the service of VX37385 Private Francis Prosser. This includes a Christmas card, diary, letters, telegrams, transcriptions and Prosser’s discharge certificate. The diary, dating from 15 February 1942 to 10 November 1944, discusses Private Prosser's time spent both in Changi Goal and on various working parties around Singapore Island. Included in the diary are mentions about the treatment of sick prisoners, including an account of Pte Prosser receiving an appendectomy, and details about the different sorts of work that prisoners were forced to undertake while on work parties in Singapore.