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bracelet, identity, bracelet
Accession Number

NAM.2002-08-5-1

Description

Tin identity bracelet, 1942 (c). Probably made and inscribed by Gnr Moss Simon, 77th (Welsh) heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery while a prisoner of war, 1942 (c). Inscribed, 'FAR EAST/ M. SIMON' and verso,'1449697/ B/ G/ 04 7 7 TH WHAA/ RA'. Associated with World War Two, POWs Far East (1941-1945). Text inscribed on either side of a Magen David. Part of a collection of material relating to Gnr Moss Simon, 77th (Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in Java on 8 Mar 1942. He spent the next three years in a number of camps, six of them in Gloduk prison and participated in the construction of the Burma-Thailand railway. Along with Jewish colleagues he took part in the building and consecration of the Synagogue at Changi Jail, about which he wrote an article.

Campaigns

World War Two, POWs Far East (1941-1945)

Events

Burma Railway, 1942-43 (World War Two, POWs Far East 1941-1945)

Associated collection