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Major E Beattie
Catalogue reference: EB
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- EB
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Title (The name of the record)
- Major E Beattie
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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The papers of Major E Beattie of the 59th Battery, 21st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, relating to his captivity in the Far East 1942-45 and comprising a ms account (6 pp) of a harrowing voyage from Java to Japan in the Dai Nichi Maru, ms transcript (4 pp) of an address given by the Japanese Commandant of Jinsen Camp (Korea) in 1945, card greeting prisoners arriving in British Columbia in 1945, and a roneo copy of a report (2 pp) on the experiences of 'Private J' while a prisoner of war in Singapore and working on the Burma-Siam railway.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Imperial War Museum Department of Documents
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Beattie, Edward, 1901-1991, Major</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
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Unrestricted
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- <p>Beattie, a businessman in Manchester, joined the Territorial Army in 1936, serving with the 65th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Commissioned in February 1937 and embodied in August 1939, he was transferred shortly after that date to the 59th Battery, 21st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment based in the Lancashire area. He landed with his unit on Java in February 1942 and was captured at the surrender of the island on 8 March 1942. He was subsequently imprisoned in camps on Java, in Japan and in Korea.</p>
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/47db490e-77ce-4d0f-ad2d-7a2048d06fde/
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