The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Photocopies of papers of and relating to NX67404 Driver S.B. (Stan) Folkard (AASC, 8 Division) from his enlistment in 1940 through his captivity at Singapore and service as a prisoner of war to his death on the Sandakan-Ranau march in 1945. The collection includes: (1) letters from Folkard to his family while training in Australia (at Dubbo and Bathurst, NSW), 1940-1941, and serving in Malaya, 1941-1942 (2) letters to Folkard from his family before and (unaware of his captivity) after his capture, 1942-1946 (3) POW lettercards from Folkard to his family, 1942-1944 (4) correspondence between his family, family acquaintances, military authorities and the Red Cross concerning his fate including, eventually, belated notification of his death (in July 1946) and administration of his affairs. Also includes a photograph, newsclipping, service papers and printed material. The family's complex communications, especially after the end of the war, concerning doubts about and investigations (their own and official) into Folkard's whereabouts and fate (and those of other Sandakan-Ranau soldiers) document the emotional hardships experienced by families of missing solders, including POWs.
Papers of NX27250 Driver Colin Joseph Filkins (2/10th Field Ambulance) relating to his captivity as a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese. They include: (i) POW lettercards to his family, two letter
Papers of and relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Henry Maxwell Colyer (7th Reinforcements, 36th Battalion) and to his family. They comprise: (i) newsclipping portrait of Colyer and
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX18011 Sapper George Arthur Kelly, 2/6 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, prisoner of war, Java, 1942-1945. The collection consists of
Mixed papers of or relating to 3426 Private John Victor Thompson (38th Battalion) and his extended family, comprising: (i) original letters to his sister Evie from England and France, 1917-18, describ
Series of letters to his family describing ITS training at Somers and Pearce Bases, EFTS training in Rhodesia, posting to Coastal Command in England. Also includes letters from family, relatives and f
Letters, telegrams and POW postcards written by VX46415 Driver Edward Foster ('Ted') Hutchinson to his family while serving in Malaya (1941-1942) with 1 Company, Petrol Section, Australian Army Servic