Booklet, They were prisoners

Historical information

A booklet compiled of accounts relating to Changi POW Camp during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. In particular the three YMCA representatives that stayed with the 8th division as welfare workers, despite being offered the opportunity to leave on one of the last ships to leave the island. The accounts were about their service and were used by the YMCA in this booklet to promote their organisation. This booklet was kept in the Legacy Library.

Significance

Accounts of war time experiences were collected as part of the Legacy library collection.

Physical description

Booklet of buff coloured pages in brown cover about experiences in Changi Camp x 8 pages.

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