Lot No. 327
1942, PRISONER OF WAR MAlL. BURMA THAI RAILWAY. Stampless envelope endorsed 'Prisoner of War Post/Service des Prisonniers de Guerre' written by Driver Hill's parents in Putney dated 'Oct 31st 42' addressed to 'Driver Hill, 54th lnfantry Brigade, R.A.S.C./Bombay Base, lndia. (endorsed Singapore), c/o Japanese Red Cross Tokyo' with 'Opened by Examiner 1788' censor label and endorsed in manuscript 'OVL 18/6142' indicating Driver Hill had been sent to Burma or Thailand. The enclosed letter is endorsed 'N.P.T. 5.1.44' indicating when the envelope was received at Non Pladuk by Driver Wes Hill. Driver Hill was taken Prisoner with the fall of Singapore in February 1942 and by the manuscript notation was in the first batch of 600 P.O.W.s to be sent overland to Thailand. The earliest DAVID TETT recorded was the “Chamber’s”·correspondence ‘27th Oct 1942'.
