The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Papers of and accumulated by VX40736 Corporal Leonard Albert David Stewart, 2/29 Battalion, before and after the fall of Singapore, some of which he buried during his captivity as a prisoner of war and retrieved later, comprising: (i) a published version of a long letter to his family describing his part in operations against Japanese forces before the capitulation; (ii) original typed and manuscript accounts by Stewart of the battle for Singapore, January-February 1942 and related incidents; (iii) Nominal Rolls of 2/29 Battalion and other nominal lists; (iv) manuscript copies of extracts from Routine and Special Orders; (v) copies of poems by members of 2/29 Battalion and others; (vi) a hand drawn map of the Burma-Thailand Railway, titled "Blood Railway"; (vii) descriptions of troop entertainments in Prisoner of War camps in Singapore and at sites along the Burma-Thailand Railway; (viii) descriptions of Prisoner of War camp life in Changi, Selarang Barracks and on the Railway; (ix) photographs of Changi and Corporal Stewart.
Papers of VX44696 Private Roy M Poy who served with the 2/29 Battalion in Singapore. Poy wrote a memoir describing active duty in South East Asia and his internment as a Japanese prisoner of war in
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX70453 Corporal Eric William Stone, 2/30 Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya, Thailand, Burma and Australia, 1942-1945; date unk
Manuscript relating to the Second World War service of Official War Artist B3/58 (VX64361) Vaughan Murray Griffin, Singapore. Wallet 1 of 1 contains a manuscript of recollections of experiences in pr
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of VX39006 Major John Kevin Lloyd, 2/29th Battalion, Singapore and Burma, 1942-1945. Collection consists of two handwritten diaries, one small and o
A mixed collection which includes a diary, record of service books, pay books, hand-drawn maps, leaflets and an ID card relating to Mansfield's World War 2 service, in particular his time as a POW. Th
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Major Albert Ernest Saggers, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, Thailand and Singapore, c. 1944, 1967. Oversize folio 1 of 1 - Consists of a newspaper c