Kalbfell, James Farquhar (Sergeant, b.1910 - d.1978)

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Accession Number PR00984
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 cm (4 items)
Object type Papers
Maker Kalbfell, James Farquhar
Date made 1942-1943
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Papers accumulated by James Farquhar Kalbfell (2/15th Regiment) while a POW on the Burma-Thailand railway, comprising: (i) a report titled 'Report of Conditions - Prisoners of War - Thailand May-Sept 1943', typed on the back of Changi Convict Prison correspondence (1937-38), prepared for the Japanese authorities, detailing Australian POW conditions and offering suggestions for more humane treatment; (ii) carbon copy of a typed transcript of messages of Lieutenant Generals Yamashita and Percivall (Percival) re the fall of Singapore (February 1942); (iii) typed transcript of an article in the 'Sunday Times (Malaya)' re the Malayan campaign (January 1942); (iv) a newspaper cutting titled 'Australian Service Casualties' (no date).