Cribbage Board : Sister W E F Oram, 2/13 Australian General Hospital, AIF

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Accession Number REL30999
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Heraldry
Physical description Wood
Maker Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster
Place made Netherlands East Indies: Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies: Sumatra, Palembang
Date made c 1942-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Handmade wooden cribbage board roughly cut from a length of timber planking. The upper and lower sides bear the remains of a coat of lime wash. The upper side only has traditionally grouped sets of peg holes, in six sets of two pairs of ten holes. Each pair is separated by a scratched line.

History / Summary

Made by VX58783 Captain (Sister) Wilma Oram of 2/13 Australian General Hospital while she was a prisoner of war of the Japanese on Sumatra.