Richardson, Harold Alexander (Major, b.1916 - d.2001), MBE

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Sumatra, Palembang
Accession Number PR02009
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 2 boxes: 28 cm
Object type Papers
Maker Richardson, Harold Alexander
Place made Netherlands East Indies: Sumatra, Palembang
Date made 1939-1953
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Papers of Major Harold Alexander Richardson, Z Special Unit, Second World War. Collection comprises records relating to his imprisonment at Palembang including newspaper cuttings, diaries and correspondence. Other records relate to War Crimes Tribunal including photographs and written reports relating to identifying suspected Japanese war criminals, 1945-1951.