| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR88/163 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster |
| Place made | Netherlands East Indies: Sumatra, Palembang |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 749/120/016 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Oram, Wilma Elizabeth Forster (Captain, b.1916 - d.2001)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VFX58783 Captain Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram, 13 Australian General Hospital, prisoner of war, Malaya, 1943.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a letter, written by Jock Mathieson, to Wilma Oram on Christmas Eve 1943. Mathieson writes of the preparations made in the men's prisoner of war camp to observe Christmas the following day.
History / Summary
Mathieson's letter to Oram was smuggled from the men's and into the women's prisoner of war camp in Palembang via the wood pile.
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