Hutchinson-Smith, D C

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Accession Number MSS1293
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 wallet: 3cm
Object type Manuscript
Maker Hutchinson-Smith, David Chadwick
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 89/1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Narrative account of captivity by the Japanese following the fall of Rabaul and imprisonment on New Britain, shipment to Japan and movement to Zentsuji POW camp. Details of camp life are recorded, including movement to Nishi-Ashibetsu work camp and eventual release in August 1945.