NAM.2002-08-6-1

Pair of fibre identity discs belonging to Gnr Moss Simon, Royal Artillery, 1939-1945. One disc is green and hexagonal, the other is red and circular. Front of both discs stamped, '1449697/ JEW/ SIMON M'. The discs relate to his time spent in prisoner of war, 1942-1945. Part of a collection of material relating to Gnr Moss Simon, 77th Welsh 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.

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

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