Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service and experience as a POW of the Japanese of TX2107 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Marriott William Webster, MC, Australian Army Medical Corps, 1940-1962.
Wallet 1 of 9 consists of bound papers as well as a diary kept by Webster during c. 1941-1942 entitled "Medicine" which contain nominal rolls, casuality lists and lists of prisoners reported safe, recounts of his experiences as a POW in Changi including conditions, access to food and the morale of prisoners, with a particular focus on disease and medical care, including exerpts from publications on these topics. Some entries are illustrated. Also contains illustrated Army amputation records from 1942-1943 and a handwritten, illustrated booklet produced by Webster in 1942-1943 entitled "Artificial Limbs" detailing amputation and the production of artificial limbs for soldiers during the Second World War. Additionally includes a copy of "Report of the Activities of the Artificial LIMB Centre" written by Webster in 1944 on POW amputees from Selerang.
Details
Accession Number
AWM2022.6.59
Classification
Digitised Collection
Object Type
Newspaper cutting
Physical Description
Image/s captured: 572
Collection number
3DRL/3435
Credit Line
This item has been digitised through the Australian War Memorial’s Major Digitisation sponsorship program.
Copying Provisions
Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work
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