The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Handmade wooden cribbage board with stepped upper and lower edges. An aluminium plate, also stepped, has been attached to the wood with steel pins. After attachment to the wood the plate has been punched, in an oval shape, with standard groups of holes for scoring pegs. Between the lines of holes is engraved 'MALAYA' and 'CHANGI'. The centre is engraved with a beach scene with rising sun, palm trees and 'NX68436 D.A. JOHNSTONE 2/20 BN'. The beach and the stepped edges of the plate are engraved in a fine zigzag pattern.
Associated with NX68436 D A Johnstone of 2/20 Battalion. The board was used by him in Changi while he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese. The aluminium came from a Japanese aircraft fragment, and the board appears to be the 'stepped' pattern that was frequently made by prisoners in Changi.
Hand engraved aluminium cribbage board mounted on wood. There is a small aluminium plate screwed to the end of each board, which swivels to reveal the peg storage. THe top plate is punched with standa
Hand engraved aluminium cribbage board mounted on wood. There is a small aluminium plate screwed to each end of the board that swivels to reveal a storage space for the scoring pegs. The top plate is
Handmade rectangular wooden cribbage board topped with a perforated alloy plate. The plate is engraved with the Australian coat of arms in the centre, in which the shield and crown elements have been
Handmade aluminium cribbage board with four panels of punched out holes for the pegs, grouped in three sets of ten holes for each panel. The board is hand engraved with a thatched hut, palm trees and
Handmade wood and aluminium cribbage board with two boomerang shaped panels of punched out holes for the pegs. There are 60 holes in each boomerang. The board has a cut-out aluminium card suit in ea
Handmade wood and aluminium cribbage board with two boomerang shaped panels of punched out holes for the pegs. There are 60 holes in each boomerang. The board has a hand-engraved card suit in each cor