解救海南岛八所盟军战俘(附8)——有关澳洲战俘在海南岛的档案资料(续)

 

前面我们曾提到，澳洲战争纪念馆有一些涉及太平洋战争期间澳洲“海鸥支队”战俘在中国海南岛做苦工的档案资料，并将这些资料贴出，以备查找。实际上，还有一些给漏掉了。下面，就将这些当年澳洲战俘的私人日记或收藏品等档案资料列于下，供参考。

Title:                Armstrong, James Frederick (Private, 2/21st Bn, AIF b: 1919 d: 1944)

Object type:     Diary

Date made:      1941-1943; 1989

Summary:        Original diary kept by Armstrong while serving with the 2/21 Battalion and later as a POW of the Japanese. The diary covers the period 13 Dec. 1941 - 1 Sept. 1943. There is also a typed copy and a photocopy of the entire diary. Includes 3 b+w photos.
The 2/21st was part of Gull Force which was sent to Ambon in January 1942. By February, Gull Force had been defeated and went into captivity. Armstrong was one of the prisoners sent to Hainan Island where he remained until his death in April 1944. He was killed by Chinese bandits in the "Hoban Ambush."

Title:                Joy, George S (Private)

Object type:     Book; Papers

Date made:      1942-1944

Measurements: 2 ITEMS

Summary:        NOTEBOOK CONTAINING TRANSLATIONS OF JAPANESE NOTICES, DEATH ROLL, ACCOUNT OF JAPANESE LANDING ON AMBON AND AMBUSH OF AUSTRALIANS BY CHINESE ON HAINAN. COPY OF STATEMENT OF SERVICE

Title:                Murnane, Allan Thomas (Private, 2/21st Bn AIF, POW b: 1915 d: 1976)

Object type:     Papers

Date made:      1987

Measurements: 2 ITEMS

Summary:        COPY OF DIARY REWRITTEN FOLLOWING THE WAR DOCUMENTING PTE MURNANE'S SERVICE WITH THE 2/21ST BN, PARTICULARLY HIS EXPERIENCE AS A PRISONER ON AMBON AND LATER HAINAN. ALSO INCLUDES A COPY OF HIS SERVICE PAPERS

Title:                Harris, Roy (Private, 2/21st Bn, AIF and POW - Ambon, Hainan)

Object type:     Papers

Date made:      1943

Measurements: 2 ITEMS

Summary:        ACCOUNT OF THE WARTIME EXPERIENCES OF PTE HARRIS INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING IN AMBON AND OF HIS POW EXPERIENCES IN AMBON AND HAINAN. ALSO PHOTOCOPY OF "BATTLE OF AMBON", A JAPANESE ACCOUNT OF THE LANDING

Title:                Report on Directorate of Prisoners of War and Internees (Australian Army Headquarters, Directorate of Prisoners of War and Internees)

Object type:     Copy; Photograph

Date made:      1939-1951

Measurements: 19 MICROFICHE

Summary:        COPY OF REPORT OF DIRECTORATE COVERS ENEMY INTERNEES, ENEMY PRISONERS OF WAR, ADMINISTRATION, ALSO AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NOMINAL ROLLS, PHOTOS HAINAN, AMBOINA, MANUS ISLAND CAMPS

Title:                Cornell, Leslie G (Private, 2/21 Battalion d: 1944); Cooke, Leslie Walter (Private, 2/21 Battalion d: 1946)

Object type:     Diary; Letters

Date made:      1940-1945

Measurements: 1 wallet: 1cm, 9 items

Summary:        Diary kept by Les Cornell describing training in Australia, active service on Ambon, and imprisonment by the Japanese on Hainan Island. Cornell was killed by Chinese bandits in 1944, after which it was continued by Les Cooke. Includes poems, drawings, maps.

Title:                Carr, Austin (Private, d: 1945)

Object type:     Diary

Date made:      1944-1945

Measurements: 21 items

Summary:       Diary, written on cigarette packets, kept while a prisoner of the Japanese on Hainan Island. Comments on garden, food, work, illness, punishments, allied air raids, lectures, deaths, gambling, cricket. Also includes lecture notes and recipes.

Title:                Craig, John Raymond Henry (Sergeant)

Object type:     Records

Date made:      1943

Measurements: 1 folio 26 cm x 36 cm

Summary:        Hand written summary of evidence in the court martial of Sergeant Craig while a prisoner of war at Haicho Camp, accused of stealing vegetables from a Japanese truck. Includes statements by Lietuenant Colonel W J R Scott, Captain J M Turner, and Warrant Officer E C Norman.