Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Private William Joseph Hosier, Provost staff, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, British Army. Material relates to Private Hosier's time as a prisoner at Changi (alongside Australian POWs) and in Japan, and events after the surrender of the Japanese. Include transcripts of orders and leaflets issued at Changi; news clippings; diary describing drops of food and medical supplies while waiting to be collected from Japan, also Hosier's troopship journey to Victoria, Canada and later return to England. Also includes souvenirs; leaflets; Fifth Battalion The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment roll of honour; poems; issues from serial publications "The Wasp", "Far East", "News of the Empire", "The Sea Gull Press" and "The New Okinawan"; also souvenirs regarding Hutt Valley (NZ) Ex-Prisoners of War Association and an ex-POW & Relatives Association cloth patch.
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William Joseph Hosier
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Private Record
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AWM371 96/0169
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