The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX2466 Corporal Malcolm Stuart 'Mick' Don, 2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Germany, 1939-1944.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Collection consists of document and postcards relating to Corporal Don’s enlistment, time as a Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag XIII-C, Hammelburg am Main, Germany, and his death while a POW. It contains:
1x Notice to Applicant for Enlistment, Willoughby, New South Wales, 6 October 1939
1x Postcard from Corporal Don to his mother, Mrs Ethel Maude Don, Stalag XIII-C, Germany, 13 November 1942. On the postcard, Corporal Don writes about receiving mail and the cold weather.
1x Bound postcards from VX8804 Corporal Douglas Gordon Twaits to his father, Mr Angus Gordon Twaits, Stalag XIII-C, Germany, 1 February 1944. On the postcards, Corporal Twaits writes about the illness and death of Corporal Don.
Corporal Malcolm Stuart "Mick" Don enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 3 November 1939. He served with 2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion in the Middle East and Greece, but was captured in 1941 in Crete whilst fighting against the German land and airborne invasion. He was interned as a Prisoner of War (no. 10237) in Stalag XIIIc (Stalag 383) in Hammelburg am Main, Germany, where he conducted boxing and wrestling classes for fellow inmates. Corporal Don died of meningitis on 12 April 1943, aged 31. He was given a funeral with full military honours, attended by 4000 Allied troops interned in the camp. He is buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Bayern, Germany.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX2466 Corporal Malcolm Stuart Don, 2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Germany, 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists
A group of Australian servicemen, accompanied by a local woman and boy, enjoying a drink in a tavern during their last leave in Tel Aviv, Israel. Identified, left to right: Wally, an Aboriginal soldie
Prisoner of War (POW) identification photograph of NX2466 Corporal Malcolm Stuart Don, 2/1st Battalion, Australian Infantry. Corporal Don, aged 31, died on 12 April 1943 as a POW (no. 10237) in Stala
Seventeen letters and postcards written by Private Colin Chad to family and friends while a prisoner of war in Stalag XIIIC, Hammelburg Germany, 1941-44.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX3543 Lance Corporal Trevor Donald Monro, 6 Division Engineers, POW, Germany and Australia, 1941-1949. Lance Corporal Munro was captured during
Studio portrait of NX2466 Corporal (Cpl) Malcolm Stuart Don, 2/1st Battalion, of Willoughby, NSW. Cpl Don, a former North Sydney Rugby Union footballer, amateur boxer and wrestler, worked as an accoun
