CORIDAS Clement Douglas VX46480 A Coy F Force

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Studio portrait of VX46480 Corporal (Cpl) Clement Douglas Coridas, 2/29 Battalion. Cpl Coridas enlisted on 26 July 1940 and fought in Malaya and Singapore. Cpl Coridas was taken prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese. He survived the war and returned to Australia being discharged on 9 July 1946.

Notebook relating to the Second World War service of VX46480 Clement Douglas Coridas, 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion. This notebook complied using scrap pieces of paper, was made by Coridas during his time as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese. This notebook was used between 1942 and 1945 and contains: a roll of name (possibly of those in his company of the 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion) with marks next to those who died; drafts of letters to his mother; pages of money tallies and a hand written calendar with the dates marked off.

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