McNaughton, Jack W (Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment, British Army)

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Accession Number MSS0744
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 item
Object type Poem
Maker McNaughton, Jack W
Date made 1943-1945
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 419/034/015
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.
Description

Series of poems written by McNaughton while a prisoner of the Japanese in Changi Gaol and at Keigo and Tokyo in Japan. Describes prison life. Poems were given to an Australian serviceman with the 1 Aust P W Contact and Enquiry Unit.