Alan Douglas Groom Personal Papers and Photographs
Collection
Accession number
28024
Date
1930-2000
Abstract
Photographs and personal papers of Alan Douglas Groom (RAF) who was a prisoner of war in Java in the Second World War.
Scope and content
Examination results; official correspondence; reports by Groom about his actions in quelling riots in 1945, and his time as a prisoner of war in Java and the battle of Surabaya 1942-1945; extract from the London Gazette, regarding the Distinguished Service Order awarded to Groom; letter of thanks from Ogawa Kiyonori, ex-prison official of Ambarawa, Java; text of the memorial plaque at Brisbane Grammar School; souvenir programme for Royal Air Force Waddington; memoirs of Roy Bulcock who was imprisoned with A.D. Groom in Java; newspaper and magazine articles.
Description
1 folder photographs; 1 folder papers
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items.
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status
In copyright.
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
Preferred citation
28024, Alan Douglas Groom personal papers and photographs, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.