| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.73 |
| Collection number | AWM2016.633.3 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Postcard |
| Physical description | 28 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Burns, Jack Lusby |
| Place made | Japan: Shikoku, Zentsuji |
| Date made | 1943-1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Postcards of Jack Lusby Burns, 1943-1945
Description
Postcards relating to the Second World War service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company. While he was a prisoner of war in Japan, Burns wrote thirteen postcards to his family from Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp and one postcard from Hakodate No.4 Camp. These postcards are dated between c. mid-late 1943 and July 1945. Through his postcards, Burns briefly tells his family about his life in the camp, including receiving Red Cross parcels and letters from home, taking part in bridge tournaments, attending concerts on Sunday nights, keeping chickens and goats, and taking lessons in languages and shorthand. He also mentions that he has not heard any news of the other men captured on Rabaul, and that he misses his family very much.
This file contains:
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, [c. mid-late 1943]
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns,Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, 3 October 1943
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, 25 January 1944
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, April 1944
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, April 1944
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, June 1944
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, August 1944
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, September 1944
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, 9 October 1944
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, November 1944
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, 11 December 1944
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, January 1945
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Zentsuji War Prison Camp, Japan, 15 May 1945
Postcard from Jack Lusby Burns to Albert and Minnie Burns, Hokodate No. 4 Camp, Japan, 14 July 1945