Warrant Officer Alex Chew MBE / Kevin Smith.

Collection type Library
Author Smith, Kevin.;
Call Number C 355.00994 S118
Document type Journal Article
Year 2017
Citation Sabretache : the journal of the Military Collectors Society of Australia. Sabretache : the journal of the Military Historical Society of Australia.: 2017, 58, 1
Pagination Pages 18 - 25
Abstract

In this article the author describes the military history of Alex Chew who enlisted in the 2/21st Battalion and was made batman for the CO.  The author goes on to describe how he was captured as part of Gull Force and became a POW.  The author describes how he escaped and went on to serve with Z force as a commando.   The author concludes by stating how in 1956 he was awarded the MBE.