Historical information

Australian Chinese service people from WW2 photographs. Exhibition held at the Bendigo & District R.S.L. post 2010.

Physical description

1. 2. & 3. Photographs - on photographic paper enlarged black and white portraits.
Mount - red and blue colour cardboard, double mount with top area containing the photograph, lower area printed information.
1. Servicewoman wearing RAAF Service uniform - Portrait.
2. Serviceman wearing AIF uniform - Portrait.
3. Serviceman wearing RAAF flying uniform - Informal Portrait.

Inscriptions & markings

Printed information - black ink print.
1. "PHYLIS CHAN" wearing her winter Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Uniform and hat".
2. "ALEC CHEW M.B.E. was a Prisoner of War in Ambon, an island off the western tip of Irianjia. He escaped with 7 other prisoners, and tramped across the island away from the camp. With the help of local islanders and Dutch authorities, they used a variety of canoes, prau, and boats to island hop their way to Darwin. Shortly afterwards, Alec returned to the islands hoping to rescue other stranded soldiers. He later joined "Z Force". commandos who remained behind enemy lines to cause disruption to the enemy and gain as much useful information as possible for the allied armies.
3. "GEORGE FONG" joined the RAAF in 1942. He was an Engineering student at Melbourne University and a talented jazz musician. George was mustered as an airman pilot, commissioned in 1943, and sent to Britain. He was transferred to the Middle East in 1944, and his plane was lost at sea, near Palestine in 1945.l