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The Changi Prison Australian Rules Football Association…
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Melbourne
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28-Oct-2008
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The Changi Prison Australian Rules Football Association Premiers Trophy Plaque, 1942, the hand written cardboard trophy laid down on metal backing with a later plastic protector, drawn and inscribed in pencil 'Richmond Football Club, Premiers, 1942, Australian Rules Association, P. O. W. Camp Changi, Coach: Horgan D., Trainer: G. Brown, Pres: A. Bush, Capt: P. MacKinlay, Vice Capt: R. Small, Secretary: B. C. Wootten, Treasurer: H. Hollioak, Presented to P. J. Campbell as a member of the above Club., President Changi League.', the trophy plaque 30 cm wide, 19 cm high, Robert Gordon 'Bobby' Small, a country boy from Donald, Victoria enlisted in the A.I.F. as a member of the Australian Medical Corps at the Melbourne Town Hall on 28th July, 1941. After sailing on the Wanganella he disembarked at Singapore on 15th September, 1941 and became a prisoner of War following the Fall of Singapore in February 1942.
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