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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia > Records

World War 2, South East Asia, Singapore, Red Cross, SCHWEIZER, 1942

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Informal portrait of Hans Schweizer taken during Japanese occupation of Singapore

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Managing Director of Diethelm and Co Singapore 1936 - 1950. Delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross - Singapore 1942 - 1950. President of both the Swiss Club in Singapore and the WA Swiss Club, Founder member of WA Cancer Council. Research work on Medical History of WA for the Royal Perth Hospital magazine.

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cwa-org-32-P1900.2814

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War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 2

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