Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of brothers WX10962 Driver Peter Healy and WX10981 Private Timothy Healy. The collection consists of:
Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of two folders. Folder 1 contains ephemera relating to the wartime service and imprisonment of the Healy brothers including: a nominal roll of D Section 4 Reserve Motor Transport Company at embarkation 1941; nominal roll of Officer's and Other Ranks imprisoned at Jinsen Camp; HMS Formidable ephemera [the troopship which repatriated POWs]; Paybook; Poetry. Folder 2 contains ephemera relating to Peter Healy's service with the Royal Australian Army Service Corps BCOF, 1951; post-war list of Japanese soldiers and sentences imposed at a war crimes tribunal; post-war ephemera relating to anniversary dinners, fundraisers
Binder 1 of 1 - 114 photographs and 10 photographic postcards relating to the BCOF service of brothers Peter and Timothy Healy. A small number are annotated. Date range 1948 - 1949. Subjects include funeral of Australian serviceman, Japanese cultural practices, landscapes, war damage, rugby match. Also included are two paper envelopes and a ship's 'hammock card'.
Details
Accession Number
3DRL/6318
Maker
Driver Peter 'Pat' Healy
Maker
Private Thomas 'Timothy' Healy
Classification
Private Record
Measurement
Extent: 6.5 cm
Wallet/s: 1
Oversize: 1
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM315 419/004/028
Copyright
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