A Far East Prisoner of War group of four to Aircraft 1st Class John Samuel Mundy, Royal Air Force, who was taken prisoner following the fall of Malaya and held in Java before his liberation on 2 September 1945, sold together with his pocket autograph book containing a unique record of signatures obtained throughout his service including his time as a Prisoner of War.
Three: 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
These in the O.H.M.S. Registered card box of transmission complete with named entitlement slip, Air Ministry forwarding slip, and addressed to the recipient at “Tredegar”, 34 King Edward Avenue, Dartford, Kent; together with the recipient’s pocket Autographs book, this with numerous signatures of family, friends, few RAF personnel from pre-war courses and signatures obtained on active duty in Malaya and also as a prisoner of war.
William Samuel Mundy, joined the Royal Air Force in the mid 1930’s. He was captured during the fall of Malaya on 20 March 1942, and is noted as having been a member of the City of Canterbury draft, and held at Moluccas (Ambon) camp, Java, Singapore, until his liberation on 2 September 1945.
Remarkably, throughout his captivity he managed to hold on to his pocket autograph book which now contains the signatures of several fellow PoWs, R. C. R. Godfrey, 48 L.A.A.Regt. R.A. Chaplain - signed at Boei Gladock P.O.W. Camp (Canon R. C. R. Godfrey’s papers covering his time as a prisoner of war are held at the Imperial War Museum, London) and all the doctors and nurses who attended to him in hospital in Java, 1942. This a rare and interesting item with huge research potential.
