| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR90/056 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Simkin, Irene |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1990 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 90/0569 |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 Second World War, 1939-1945 Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Simkin, Irene
Description
Collection relating to Irene Simkin, a former member of the RAF, and wife of an army officer who served in Korea, 1957-1958. Collection consists of a copy of a typed transcript describing her military experiences in Singapore shortly after the end of the Second World War; the apprehension she felt when newly married, and her husband was posted to Korea; her experience and conditions encountered following her husband to Malaya in 1957 with two small children; and life in Australia while her husband was posted to Vietnam.