Armstrong, George Eric (Trooper, b.1918 - d.1985)

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Accession Number PR01924
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 box: 4 cm
Object type Diary, Letter, Papers, Photograph, Book
Maker Armstrong, George Eric
Bayliss, Frederick Owen
Steinbeck, William John
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Japan, Malaya, Singapore
Date made 1939-1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Letters, personal papers, and photographs of Trooper George Eric Armstrong who served in 2/20 Battalion and was a Japanese Prisoner of War during the Second World War. Tpr Armstrong was also in possession of a book of poems written by NX51966 Private Frederick Owen Bayliss (who died of illness as POW in Japan on 20 January 1944) and kept these poems until his own death in 1985. The book of poems, handwritten by Pte Bayliss, also includes poetry by NX45443 Warrant Officer 1 William John Steinbeck 2/20 Battalion, a fellow POW, who died on 15 July 1945.