Miles, Edward Temple (Lance Corporal, b.1914 - d.1995) Accession Number: PR00348

Description

Diary (and edited transcript) maintained after the fall of Singapore, when Miles was on Blakang Mati Island, after transfer to River Valley Road Camp on Singapore, and later on the Burma-Thailand Railway. Comments on murder of Chinese civilians, work, trading with natives, brutality of Korean and Japanese guards, comparisons of AIF and British Army, Allied bombing raids, and repatriation to Australia. Additional material: postcards between L/Cpl Miles and family, censored by Japanese; official and unofficial letters and telegrams to/from various organisations e.g. Catholic Welfare Organisation, Malayan Research Bureau; uncensored letters written on voyage home after release from POW camp at end of WW2; one letter written by L/Cpl's brother.

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Accession Number
PR00348
Maker
Lance Corporal Edward Temple Miles
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Souvenir
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1940-1945
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 93/0544
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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