Book - PERSONAL NARRATIVE, WW2, T. Hamilton, "SOLDIER SURGEON IN MALAYA", 1957

Historical information

From Book dustcover flap.
"Soldier Surgeon in Malaya is a racy/ and realistic record of the work done/ by the 2/4th Casualty Cleaning Station/ of the 8th Division in Malaya and/ Singapore in 1941-42".

Physical description

Hardcover book with dust cover.
Hardcover - cardboard with green colour buckram. Red colour print on spine.
Dustcover - paper, black and red print on yellow and green background. Illustrated front with a drawing of three soldiers assisting three soldiers who are injured.
Flaps - with printed information.
218 pages, cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated - black ink print as chapter ornamentation line drawings and map facing title page.
End papers - front and back green ink print of a "map of Singapore Island". Inscriptions noted front end paper and title page.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten details.
Front end paper - blue ink pen - "Clyde Rutherford/ 23 Main St/ Cobram".
Title page - black ink pen - "DONATED BY BENDIGO YMCA/ 2009". - Black ink stamp -'BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL SUB BRANCH INC/ BOX 42/ LONG GULLY 3550".

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