Ayrton, Harry R (Private d.1943) Accession Number: PR00044

Description

POW letter card sent to his mother while a prisoner of the Japanese. Location unknown. Pte Ayrton later died of illness while working on the Burma railway.

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Accession Number
PR00044
Maker
Harry R Ayrton
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1942
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 92/0186
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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