Poy, Roy Maxwell (Private, b.1918 - d.2000) Accession Number: PR02023

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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 Changi and on the Burma-Thailand Railway. Other items in the collection include copies of photographs, poetry written in Changi, service records and Poy's correspondence with his family, 1942-43.

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Accession Number
PR02023
Maker
Private Roy Maxwell Poy
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Measurement
1 wallet: x 1 cm
Date Made
1940-1945
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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