S R Wootton

Collection of documents relating to his Army service, mainly official in character, including his National Service registration card and two printed notices about conscription; a 1939 food ration book; correspondence from the Royal Signals Records Office to his family after he was taken prisoner when serving as a signalman with the 18th Divisional Signals at Singapore (1942 - 1943); two postcards written home while he was a prisoner of war in Singapore (1942) and in Thailand (ca 1943 - 1944); one word ms notes (5pp) detailing his daily activities as a prisoner of war in Singapore (late 1944 - February 1945) and Indo-China (February - August 1945); four telegrams which he sent home following his release (September 1945); a large number of official letters and forms concerning his liberation, repatriation on the troopship BOISSEVAIN, extended leave and demobilisation, including an instruction not to talk to the press about the existence of escape organisations in prisoner of war camps (September 1945 - May 1946); official letter concerning his attendance at a Civil Resettlement Unit (June 1946) and a copy of the pamphlet 'Settling Down in Civvy Street'; and a number of post-war presscuttings about financial compensation for prisoners of war in the Far East.

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