Australian flag flown over Changi

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Identifier

2011-10-0070

Title

Australian flag flown over Changi

Type

Australian Flag

Description

Linen Australian Flag. Appears to be hand stitched with blue, red and raw coloured linen. Rope attached at top of flag.

Medium

Linen

Format

193 x 85 mm

Provenance

Robert Strawbridge was a Lieutenant in the Australian Army in the 2nd World War. He was captured in Singapore and spent the next 3 and a half years in Chanhi Prisoner of War Camp until the end of the war. Whilst a prisoner Strawbridge hid this flag. The flag was then flown over Changi when the Japanese surrendered.

Date

Second World War, 1939-1945

Audience

RSL War Museum, Narrabeen (18/10/2016)
Nurses Mannequin wall

Source

Williams, Verelle (sister-in-law of Robert Strawbridge)

Date Created

2015-11-16