Description
Object description
Papers concerning his internment in Changi camp, Singapore, 1942 - 1945 including: 30 ms notes/letters written by his wife and smuggled from her (in the women's camp) to him, describing conditions and activities and airing her views and affections; ms transcript (5pp) of an account by the Honourable H Fraser, Federal Secretary, Federated Malay States, describing his part in the preliminary surrender negotiations of 15 February 1945; ts report and related papers (January - February 1944) concerning his dealings with the Japanese over rice cultivation in Malaya; ts note (1p, 20 August 1945) from the men's representative advising caution until final details of the end of hostilities have been decided and made public; copies/fragments of THE CONVENT TIMES (June 1942) and CHANGI GUARDIAN (March - December 1942) ts carbon camp newsheets.
Content description
Papers concerning his internment in Changi camp, Singapore, 1942 - 1945 including: 30 ms notes/letters written by his wife and smuggled from her (in the women's camp) to him, describing conditions and activities and airing her views and affections; ms transcript (5pp) of an account by the Honourable H Fraser, Federal Secretary, Federated Malay States, describing his part in the preliminary surrender negotiations of 15 February 1945; ts report and related papers (January - February 1944) concerning his dealings with the Japanese over rice cultivation in Malaya; ts note (1p, 20 August 1945) from the men's representative advising caution until final details of the end of hostilities have been decided and made public; copies/fragments of THE CONVENT TIMES (June 1942) and CHANGI GUARDIAN (March - December 1942) ts carbon camp newsheets.
History note
Cataloguer PHR
History note
Catalogue date 1988-09