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Collection relating to the Second World War experiences of B2/29 George Houston McNeilly, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), prisoner of war, Changi, 1942-1983.
The collection consists of a memoir, programmes, ephemera, correspondence and news clippings related to McNeilly's experiences as the YMCA representative to the 8th Australian Division in Singapore and his involvement with the concert party programmes and in teaching music at Changi prisoner of war camp from 1942 to 1945.
Wallet 1 of 2 - Consists of a typescript memoir titled "Changi Diary", written by McNeilly. The memoir covers topics such as: music, celebrity artists, flowers, factories, education, lectures, weekly programmes, entertainment, Red Cross services, morale, business, debates, arts and crafts, medical matters, days of significance, poems, slang, dress, friendship, women, sports, conditions, brutalities, personalities, the YMCA, rain, food, Christianity, philosophy and religion, and working parties.
Wallet 2 of 2 - consists of two folders.
Folder 1 contains two sketches from Changi, a typed backstory to the production of "Admirable Crichton" by the prisoners at Changi, copies of music and concert programmes from Changi, a photocopy of the 22 March 1943 copy of the Changi Chronicle, a handmade booklet titled "Plays We Saw at Changi", a booklet titled "They Were Prisoners" on the work of McNeilly and Ivor Hanger of the YMCA to introduce concerts and raise morale a Changi, and a 12-page typed report on the internment, conditions and activities of prisoners of war at Changi.
Folder 2 contains six newspaper clippings related to McNeilly and the prisoners of war at Changi, a tourism pamphlet for Yugoslavia with annotations, and two letters to McNeilly, dated 17 December 1982 and 10 March 1983, from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) regarding the production of a documentary titled "The Burma Railway".
Custom box 1 of 1 - contains McNeilly's personal copy of John Redfield's "Music: A Science and an Art". The front endsheet contains stamps from the YMCA War Prisoners and World's Committee and from United States Censor 403; the book having been send to McNeilly during his internment at Changi.
Collection relating to the service of Honorary Colonel McNeilly during his period in Changi prisoner of war camp as a Young Men's Christian Association representative to the 8th Division AIF. Collect
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