Notebook of Harry Raymond Green -Sep 1941- Apr - 1943 - Part 9

L. Myers

Bexhill

Via Lismore

N.S.W.

M. Wainiwright.

256 Burwood Rd.

Burwood.

Pat S. Stokes

43 Verdun st

Bexley

Sydney.

J. Miller

4 Murriverie Road.

Bondi

Sydney.

7^th dose  "       "      "     25-8-43.

8^th     "     "       "      "     16-9-43.

9^th     "     "       "      "      20-12-43  MALAYA

10^th   "     "       "      "        7-1-44     "      "

11^th   "     "       "      "        7-3-44     "      "  
Rice. 41        
Furfies. 42

She was a Maiden Young & Fair 43

The Happy Soldier. 44

To my Sweet Aussie Girl. 45

A Toast. 46

The song of the Gunner 47

The Dieing Digger. 49

While the sands ran out 49

Happy Joe  50

A mothers Prayer 51

Bukit Timah Lament.  52

Making the best of it. 53

Malaya II 54

Lies By P.O.W.s. 55

The two up King comes back  56

Looking into The Future 57

Malayan Lament 58

Battle of Singapore 59

Unknown Soldiers Grave 60

Muar. 61                      

Your one & only

letter which I

received on

the 21-March 1943.

was a very nice

one to read but

wasn't so hot

to smoke.

Your letter was

dated. 26^th June, 42

(capilitas.)

NX 73975

PTE. R. EVERINGHAM.

15 PLATOON.

'C' COMPANY.

2/29^th BATT.

DIED AT CHANGI.

29^th MAY, 1942.

Titles

 1)  Brave Bluey.

  2)  Johore.

  3)  The Unit R.A.P.

  4)  A .  P.O.W. Day.

  5)  Somewhere in Malaya.

  6)  The 8th Divvy

  7)  A crowd of men.

  8)  Our folks at Home.

  9)  Thoughts of Sydney.

 10)  Our Defences.

 11)  Jingles from The Jungle.  

 12)  An Aussie.

 13)  My Prayer.

 14)  Our life at Present.

 15)  Glamourous Malaya.

 16)  Dreams of Peace.

 17)  Motherless Broke.

  18)  A Soldiers Recreation.

  19)  Our Parting.

  20)  Artys Lament.

Pity The Poor M.P.  21

Malaya Memories. 22

2/50^th Lament. 23

The Soldiers Farwell. 24

Our Appreciation. 25

Pictures In The Fire  26

How Long Will it be. 27

We Joined The Army. 28

Singapore Defeat. 29

North Of Singapore. 30

Memories Of The War. 31

A Soldiers Wish. 32

Gemas to Singapore 33

Looking Back. 34

Safe & Well. 35

War. 36

The Road Builders. 37

My Pals who stayed at Home 38

Leaving Aussie Land. 39

Malaya. 40

Woodland Road.

Nee Soon.

Ana Mikio.

Tanglin Gardens.

Travelled 158 miles.

15^th Feb; 42.

Capitulated to our

surprise & sorrow.

17th Feb, 42.  left for Changi

Barracks.          

Left Changi for my first work

party and proceed to a place on

Singapore Island called Mount Pleasant.

Date we left Changi on first work

Party 5^th May; 1942.

We were then shifted some 100 yds

further over to a place called.

Caldacott Hill. The date of shifting

16^th June, 1942. From their we were

shifted to Bukit Timah date unknown

13^th July 42. Left changi on work

party on 22nd April; 1943.

Dates

Left Sydney 17^th Sept; 1941.

Arrived at Fremantle 24^th Sept; 1941.

Left Fremantle for Singapore 27^th Sept; 41

Arrived at Singapore 5^th Oct: 1941. just

12 month to-day.

Places we fought while in action &

dates.

Left for front line 12^th Jan; 1942.

which was at Gemas.

After the battle for Gemas we

were forced to keep on withdrawing

& the place under-mentioned

are out stop. Gemas to 14^th-1-42

Fort Rose 16-1-42 Estate

Batu Annam

Labis Estate

Segamet

Yong Peng

Ayer Hitam

Sempong Rengam

Ayer Benbam

25 mile Peg.

19 mile Peg.

14 mile Peg.

Singapore Island

Woodland Village

Mandai Road

NX41959

PTE GREEN. H.R.

2/30 BN. A.I.F. MALAYA.

2/3 Reinf  18 PTL. D. COY

F. Force TR XI

P.O.W. CHANGI.

MOUNT PLEASANT.

CALDACOTT HILL.

BUKIT TIMAH.

CHANGI.

Received first letter dated 21 March

1943 Second August 1942 3^rd

Nov; 42. 4^th 21st Oct 1942

Ray Green

unit one 58 Birch Ave

Dubbo. 2830

NSW

21st Sept, 1945.

Left Singapore civil air port for Australia

on the 21^st Sept, 1945. XX We left Singapore at

0700 hrs & arrived at Labuan the same day at 1730 hrs

distance 983 miles. Next morning we left Labuan at

0745 & arrived at Moratiar 1400 hrs, 1,000 miles.

Following morning at 0600 hrs enroute to Berak arrived

at 1000 hrs distance 640 miles left Berak at 1200 hrs &

headed for Marauke arrived at 1630 hrs 614 miles left Marauke 0600 hrs

enroute to Townsville arrived at Townsville 1200 hrs

distance 862 m. Left Townsville for Brisbane at

1300 hrs & arrived at Brisbane 1645 hrs:

 

drawing of route map - see original document

Route taken on Plane 

Home. 

Ray Green

Keith Mulholland.