1945 - 46 Photo Album Military RAF Camp Singapore Malaysia Japanese Prisoners RARE
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:214592 | Material: Cardboard |
WELCOMETO SALLY’S DIARIES: Upfor auction today is a fantastic and rare WWII (1945-1946)photo album (English I believe) showing several places in Asiaincluding the Royal Air Force (RAF) Station, the Tengah Transit Campin Singapore. The album contains 82 original photos and all of themhave handwritten identification. I’ve scanned as many as thelisting will allow and will give you the handwritten inscriptions forsomeof therest……“Lebong, Darjeeling. The Race Course and Convalesce...nt depot. (Top Left).Lebong is 5, 970 ft. above sea level…..Convalescent at Lebong…..ThePeaks of Kinchenjunga 24, 146 Ft…...Mount Everest 29, 002. Ft. ThreeSisters…..VictoriaFalls Darjeeling…..TheModern Air Conditioned “Rex” Cinema (Burman RoadPenang)…..Penang’s Public Transport Electric Trolley Bus andPedal Trishaw….On the children’s slide. Penang Ill….Children’sPlayground. Penang Hill…..R.A.F. Billets Glugor Penang…..(Fromthe Front) Two views from the Billet Balcony (From theback)…..Malayan Mainland viewed from Panang Hill…..Inthe tunnel. Penang Hill Railway…..Native Collectingcoconuts…..Chinese Dhoby (?) girl…..Gert and Daisy at R.A.F.Glugor (Gelugor)…..The Billets. R.A.F. Butterworth…..”Chotta”Ball, Johnny Smith, Alec Preston…..The Billets R.A.F. Butterworth.Views from inside the Billet. Early morning and sunset…..TheBillets Butterworth and the boat…..Native Fishermen Butterworth…..“Off Shore” from Butterworth. Ivor Ball. “Chalky’ white. BertHewis…..My boat and me!…..Penang Butterworth Ferry…..The Billetand my back….Malayan Native huts. Pria…..” Again, the photos shown in the scans above are not on the typed list I justprovided. Allphotos are placed on the album page with corner mounts and not gluedin. The small ones measure about 2” x 2 1/2” and the larger ones2 1/4” x 3 1/4”. The album itself measures about 5 1/4” x 81/2” and it’s in good shape.
