Isabel Justelius papers relating to Frank H. Tuckey, 1942-1943, ca. 1990
Isabel Justelius papers relating to Frank H. Tuckey, 1942-1943, ca. 1990
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Date
1942-1943, ca. 1990
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8581
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Physical Description
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0.04 metres of textual material (1 box)
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Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed : Applies to the writings by Frank H. Tuckey and the transcriptions by Rita Appleyard
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holders
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Contents
This collection chiefly documents Private Frank Tuckey’s term as a POW in Changi, including his ‘epistles’, being personal letters, to his fiancée, Isabel Justelius, received by her after the war.
1. Letters from F. H. Tuckey to Isabella Justelius, nos 1-7, 14 July 1942-23 Aug. 1942 (15 pp.). Written in pencil.
2. ‘Epistles’ to Isabe...
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Isabel Justelius papers relating to Frank H. Tuckey, 1942-1943, ca. 1990
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Object History
Frank H. Tuckey's letters, diary, notebook, sonnet and certificate were collected after his death by his friend and fellow POW in Changi, Stan Arneil, who delivered them to Isabel Justelius on his return to Australia in November 1945.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Isabel Justelius, 2011
Administrative / Biographical history
Francis Harmston Tuckey (1904-1944), soldier, was born in South Grafton, NSW. He lived in North Sydney and worked in the NSW Department of Agriculture where he met his fiancée, Isabel Justelius (1913-2011). He enlisted in the 2nd AIF and, soon after their engagement in June 1941, sailed with the 2/30 Battalion for service in Singapore and Malaya....
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8581
Record Identifier
1l4drq21
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4drq21
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Reference code
981220
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