posted on 2024-06-05, 18:20authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
<p dir="ltr">My grandfather, Gordon Cullimore, was a professional soldier before WW2. He was based in Hong Kong and my grandmother and mother lived with him there. When war broke out my grandmother and mother were evacuated to Australia and lived in Sydney for the duration. My grandfather was taken prisoner by the Japanese. He survived the war though died of his injuries in 1958.</p><p>Only recently we found his letters from the camp and after liberation, the notification of his capture, and details of some Japanese propaganda naming him whilst he was a prisoner.</p>
1. Notice of his capture
2. A censored letter from him in the camp
3. A letter from him in the camp
4. Another letter from him in the camp
5. A postcard from America regarding an intercepted radio transmission from the Japanese naming him
6. A letter from the Red Cross saying it was propaganda
7. His 1st letter to my grandmother following liberation dated 04/09/45
8. A letter to my grandmother dated 15/09/45
9. A letter to my mother dated 15/09/45
10. A letter to my grandmother dated 21/10/45 from Canada
11. A letter to my mother dated 21/10/45 from Canada
Person the story/items relate to
Gordon H Cullimore
Person who shared the story/items
Belinda Newton
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
My Grandfather
Type of submission
Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.