The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Letters (photocopies) written by QX14699 Sergeant Mervyn (Bill) Evans while serving with 2/26 Battalion to his sister Mrs. Blanche Hornibrook between 1941 and January 1942. Letters to August 1941 detail pre-embarkation training and living conditions in Redbank, Bathurst and Seymour Camps. Letters from August 1941 to January 1942 describe his sea voyage, living conditions, local conditions in Malaya, entertainment including taxi girls, local people, importance of mail and Australian Comforts Fund reading room and clubs. He describes their attitudes towards RAAF known as "Blue Orchids" and assessment of Japanese advance in Malaya. One letter is from Blanche to Bill, probably written in 1944 after Bill had become a Prisoner of War (POW). The papers include official correspondence and telegrams received between April 1942 and January 1945 relating to notification that Bill Evans was a POW, and Red Cross instructions and a letter form used for corresponding with POWs.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX40701 Corporal Harold Ronald Roy Rusbourne, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX11647 Sister Ellen Louisa Keats, 2/10 Australian General Hospital, Malaya, 1941-1942. The collection consists of two letters written by Sister
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Pilot Officer William Walter Evans, No 94 Squadron. Collection consists of a condolence letter addressed to W G Evans following the death of his
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX2107 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Marriott William Webster, 2/9 Field Ambulance, Second Australian Imperial Force, at sea and Malaya, 1941-1942.
Collection relating to the Second Word War service of 401452 Sergeant Mervyn Wilfred Marshall, 235 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United Kingdom and Ghana, 1941-1955. Wallet 1 of 1
Letters and postcard relating to the Second World War service of 7950 Sergeant John Slater, Armoured Car Company, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force. These letters and postcards were written by Sl
