Place | Asia: Singapore, Changi |
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Accession Number | MSS1583 |
Collection type | Manuscript |
Measurement | 1 Item |
Object type | Manuscript |
Maker |
Mutton, Robert |
Date made | 1941-1995 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 95/0736 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Mutton, Robert (Sergeant)
Description
Reminiscences regarding the 8th Division, includes contributions from a variety of authors. Mentions fall of Singapore, Japanese brutality including events at Alexandra Military Hospital and Massacre of nurses attempting to evacuate, conditions at Changi including work parties, disease, entertainment, and manufacture of articles in POW Workshop. Also includes mention of background to formation of 8th Div, the design of the Memorial at Bathurst, and list of Australian Federal parliamentarians who were prisoners of war.