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20049 Click to enlarge photo | 1942-45 Changi POW Camp Art - a rare & highly evocative Changi WWII Prisoner of War Camp Art combined cigarette case/lighter made from aluminium handcrafted & engraved: 'CHANGI / G.A.T. / SINGAPORE / MALAYA / SYONAN - TO', picture of ship under sail, named 'By Cpl. W.L. TIVER, NX 51067, POW. CHANGI.' Lot comes with original handwritten letter from Tiver to his mother (on Jap. letterhead, dated 27/10/1943), advising of his captivity in Japan & that the Japs are treating him well !!! Also with a typed official AMF. HQ. covering letter stating that the letter had been read out on a Japanese Radio Station as part of an enemy Propaganda Program, & that the info contained was to be regarded as highly suspect, dated 12/11/193. William Leonard Tiver, 2/18th. Inf. Bn., born 20/2/1908, Sydney. Enl 25/6/1940, disch after liberation from Japan 18/12/1945. gVF. A scarce & poignant reminder/memento of a POW under the Japanese. (3 items) (P) | AVAILABLE at A$600 | ||
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