Scrapbook album of Pte R.J. Tarrant of 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment

This scrapbook album belonged to Pte R.J. Tarrant of 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment. It contains various pictures showing life in Singapore and the Far East, including: a very rare 1936 regimental Christmas card from Gillman Barracks, Singapore; aerial photographs of Gillman Barracks with a site plan of the names of the buildings within the camp; a Star Theatre, Alhambra and Pavilion cinema tickets; a Malaya café menu; dance coupons for the New World and Great World cabarets; and a picture of the Fort Canning entrance.

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