Description
Object description
Microfilm of papers including: ms transcript of his diary (December 1941 - December 1942, 373pp) and of other ms accounts written about the time of his liberation in 1945 (16pp), giving excellent descriptions of the fall of Hong Kong (December 1941), its effect on the already poor morale of the Allied forces there, his experiences as a prisoner of war following his capture after serving as a bandsman sergeant with the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots, including periods spent in camps at Victoria Barracks and Shamshuipo, Hong Kong (December 1941 - September 1942), and (under worse conditions) in Japan at Osaka Stadium (November - July 1943), Kobe (July 1943 - July 1945), Kawasaki (June 1945) and Wakinohama (June - September 1945), and his terrible experiences on the Japanese prison ships LISBON MARU at the time of her sinking (1 October 1942) and, after his rescue, the WASHINGTON MARU. Together with a ts transcription of his diary made in 1966 (139pp).
Content description
Microfilm of papers including: ms transcript of his diary (December 1941 - December 1942, 373pp) and of other ms accounts written about the time of his liberation in 1945 (16pp), giving excellent descriptions of the fall of Hong Kong (December 1941), its effect on the already poor morale of the Allied forces there, his experiences as a prisoner of war following his capture after serving as a bandsman sergeant with the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots, including periods spent in camps at Victoria Barracks and Shamshuipo, Hong Kong (December 1941 - September 1942), and (under worse conditions) in Japan at Osaka Stadium (November - July 1943), Kobe (July 1943 - July 1945), Kawasaki (June 1945) and Wakinohama (June - September 1945), and his terrible experiences on the Japanese prison ships LISBON MARU at the time of her sinking (1 October 1942) and, after his rescue, the WASHINGTON MARU. Together with a ts transcription of his diary made in 1966 (139pp).
History note
Cataloguer PHR
History note
Catalogue date 1981-12