Historical information

The 18 letters are from Arthur Edmund TRANTER V50166 & VX52843 POW. they are to his wife Pat and Daughter Brenda from Darley Camp Australia, at Sea then in Malaya prior to becoming a POW.
The exercise book was written by "Tranter" to his daughter Brenda while a POW in "Gloegoer Camp" near "Medan" in Northern Sumatra. It was dedicated to his daughter. He managed to keep this hidden throughout captivity in pristine condition. Throughout the book there are subheadings, Sumatra, Singapore, Rubber, Soedaa, Siboertoet, Malacca, The story of the Cocos Islands, the Celebes, Dutch Borneo. They are the stories of these places. Some are from talks given by Officers to the men.
There are two more Archival folders, Cat No's 7956.2 & 7958.2.
Refer Cat No 7944 for E.A. Tranters service history.

Physical description

.1) Black Archival folder box.
.2) Black Archival folder 3 ring Binder with plastic inserts containing the following:
1. Eighteen letters hand written in B & W/Blue pen dated from 9.9.1941 - 4.4.1942.
2. Exercise book with ruled lines, hand written in blue pen 84 pages. The cover is brown with a red centre and black text with 7 black stars.
3. Original colour cartoon one page comic strip with 8 drawings of the "Medan Melbourne Frog Cup 1942"