Wallet 1 of 1 - Diary relating to the Second World War service and POW experience of Captain Herbert Stanley Geldard, 1942 Accession Number: AWM2022.6.114

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Collection relating to the Second World War service and POW experience of NX70339 Captain Herbert Stanley Geldard, 1942.

Wallet 1 of 1 contains a diary kept by Geldard during his posting as Liaison Officer to Malayan Command (General Gordon Bennett). He records events in Malaya after capture, conditions for prisoners of the Japanese and an analysis of the loss of Singapore.

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Accession Number
AWM2022.6.114
Classification
Digitised Collection
Object Type
Diary
Physical Description
Image/s captured: 43
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Collection number
PR91/194
Whole/Part
Wallet
Item Count
1
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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