| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR01535 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: x 1 cm |
| Object type | Diary |
| Maker |
Cusack, P J |
| Place made | Germany, Greece |
| Date made | 1941 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Cusack, Percy James (Private, b.1918 - d.1967)
Description
A notebook formerly belonging to prisoner of war (POW) NX13559 Private Percy James Cusack No 8363 of 2/1 Battalion at Stalag XXA, Thorn (Podgorz), Poland, during the Second World War. Brief entries written by him in July 1941 describe his capture at Crete and his escape from a Salonika POW camp with British and Cypriot prisoners through a sewer pipe. A Greek family cared for him after his escape. The rest of the notebook contains lists of names and addresses of friends and family in Australia, England, Scotland and New Zealand.