| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR03829 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 7 cm; Wallet/s: 1; Oversize: 1 |
| Object type | Diary, Book, Typescript |
| Maker |
Dun, Burnham Walker |
| Place made | Australia, Japan |
| Date made | 1943-1947 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Dun, Burnham Walker (Chief Officer, b.1905 - d.1992)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Chief Officer Burnham Walker Dun, SS Nankin, Merchant Navy, Japan and Australia, 1943 -1947.
Custom Box 1 of 1 – Consists of one Bible of Chief Officer Burnham Walker Dun. This Bible contains brief notes regarding the capture of Chief Officer Dun’s ship, ‘SS Nankin’, by a German Raider in the Indian Ocean in May 1943.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Contains two folders of material relating to Chief Officer Burnham Walker Dun, his service as First Mate on the British Merchant Navy ship ‘SS Nankin’, and his time as a prisoner of war.
Wallet 1 of 1, Folder 1 of 2 consists of one diary of Chief Officer Dun, containing entries dated between 6 October 1943 and 5 October 1945. This diary covers the period of Chief Officer Dun’s time as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. In his diary, Chief Officer Dun writes about the weather, the poor quality and quantity of food rations, working in a flour mill, being weighed, the deaths of fellow prisoners due to illness, receiving Red Cross parcels, Christmas celebrations, Allied air raids, hearing of the Japanese surrender, and leaving Japan.
Wallet 1 of 1, Folder 2 of 2 consists of one document relating to the wartime experiences of Chief Officer Dun. This document contains a transcript of the notes contained in Chief Officer Dun’s Bible, a transcript of his diary, a copy of statements made to the Repatriation Commission (Melbourne), copies of letters between Chief Officer Dun and his family, copies of newspaper clippings, a copy of a prisoner of war broadcast, and copies of official correspondence relating to pensions.