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Second World War POW postcard

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Imperial Japanse Army

c. 1942

Overview

Second World War Japanese prisoner of war postcard. Japanese symbols stamped on thin cardboard of front of card with handwritten address in ink. On back a brief message to his mother from Private L.O. MOIR. Dated 22/2/43.

Historical information

Private Lloyd Moir WX9338 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion arrived in Singapore early in 1942 just before the Japanese invasion. As a consequence, many of the 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion soldiers spent most of the war in various concentration camps throughout South East Asia hence the POW postcards.

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Registration number

cwa-org-12-2008.7.4a

Item type

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Width

142 mm

Height or length

91 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On front of card Japanese symbols in red and purple. Handwritten in ink “MRS G.G. MOIR / GLENELG / BORDEN / WEST AUSTRALIA”. On back of card also handwritten in ink “ WX 9338 / PTE MOIR. L.O. / 22/2/43 / DEAR MUM / IN GOOD HEALTH, SO / DON’T WORRY / GIVE MY LOVE TO ALL AT / HOME, WITH LOVE TO ALL / FRIENDS. YOUR LOVING SON / LLOYD

Contextual Information

Local family.

Keywords

Second World War

Prisoner of War

Year

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Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

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https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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