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  • Creator is exactly "George Milson"

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]440410.pdf
Writes about Easter and life in the camp.

YMilsonGW937875v1.pdf
George Milson's daily memoir of his last six months as a prisoner of war in Kranji, Singapore.
On 31 March 1945, George Milson was transferred from Changi Jail, Singapore, to Kranji prisoner of war camp. The camp, recently evacuated by hospital…

MMilsonGW937875-240119-46.pdf
Training notes kept by George Milson.

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MMilsonGW937875-240119-45.pdf
Navigational notes kept by George Milson.

MMilsonGW937875-240119-44.pdf
Notes kept by George Milson. The first book is an alphabetical list of English to French and the second is [unreadable].

MMilsonGW937875-240119-12.pdf
Training notes kept by George Milson.

MMilsonGW937875-240119-11.pdf
Training notes kept by George Milson on the use of guns, including how to sort stoppages.

MMilsonGW937875-240119-10.pdf
Training notes on maps [charts], airmanship and meteorology kept by George Milson.

MMilsonGW937875-240119-09.pdf
Notes kept by George Milson during his navigation training.

MMilsonGW937875-240119-08.pdf
Training notes kept by George Milson. They cover respirator masks, gas attacks, armaments, law and administration of RAF.

MMilsonGW937875-240119-06.pdf
Notes on astro navigation kept by George Milson during his training.

MMilsonGW937875-240119-05.pdf
A record kept by George Milson of work undertaken at prisoner of war camp, 11 April 1944 to 19 August 1945.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]450918.jpg
George writes to his family from the ship bringing him back to the UK.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]450423.pdf
George writes about a prisoner of war who refused to prepare vegetables. Rice ration has been cut. Prices have increased dramatically. George has been moved to a different camp.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]441231.pdf
George writes about his Christmas celebrations. [page 2 is missing] Food is discussed at length, pork, egg and coconut. Then he went to church. Later he had christmas cake. He has been helping repair books. They have had some excellent theatrical…

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]440927.pdf
George writes about his birthday and the presents he received. Some of the prisoners of war have had mail from home. There have been complaints that the entertainments have not been as good as before. Some of the lectures have been very good. Church…

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]440703.pdf
George writes about his Easter celebrations and dinner. He is involved in a community project raising chickens. He has had a spell of dysentery but has recovered after two weeks. He writes at length about food.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]440301.pdf
George writes that he is working on the airstrip and suffering from the sun. Food is an issue. He had his first Red Cross parcel, shared with six others. He is looking forward to getting home.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]440110.pdf
George writes to his family hoping their Christmas went well. He describes his Christmas in the camp. Later he describes new arrivals into the camp.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]430903.pdf
George writes to his family. He has been moved to another camp. He describes the preparations and the actual move.
The first part of the letter is written at Batavia and the second at Changi, Singapore. He describes the crossing on the boat.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]430701.pdf
George writes to his family. He describes changes at the camp. He has been on a march outside of the camp.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]430103.pdf
George writes an update from his prisoner of war camp. At Christmas they had a fair with stalls and various amusements. Later they had theatrical entertainment.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam]421101.pdf
George writes that he has been a prisoner for 6 months. He describes meals and his daily routine.

EMilsonGWMilson[Fam][Date]-01.pdf
Postcards written by George whilst a prisoner in the Far East. He writes that he is comfortable