Diaries (2 volumes), 1942-45; notebook
- Containers:
- Box 1
- Component identifier:
- File 1-3
- Content Summary:
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The first diary was commenced in February 1942 in cell 22 D 111 Changi Convict Prison, Singapore. For safety it was sealed and buried in the prison garden in early 1943 and disinterred on Liberation in 1945. The second diary was commenced in September 1945, a month after release. The diaries were later edited, and sketches, paintings, photographs and newspaper clippings added.
The notebook provides an overview of life in Changi. It was commenced in July 1961.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were donated to the Library in 1994.
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2011738).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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