Telegram and envelope to Sylvia Parsons 1945.

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Type: Telegrams
Materials: Paper
Collection: Parsons collection
Accession number: AR00225.017.079

Description

A telegram and envelope. The telegram is addressed to 'Mrs J. Parsons' and reads 'ARRIVED BRISBANE TODAY LEAVING TOMORROW SEE YOU SATURDAY ALL GOING / WELL LOVE / JACK. and is postmarked '28 NO 45'. The envelope has the text 'PLAY SAFE - Insure against WAR DAMAGE' printed across the centre.

About the collection

The Parsons Collection consists of a wide range of material relating to John Parsons' Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) career during World War II, his 1941 marriage to Sylvia Johnson and their early postwar life. The collection includes his uniforms and kitbag; items thought to have been souvenired from the 1940 Canberra air crash; and photographs connected with his operational tours to New Guinea in 1942-3 and to Borneo in 1945. The Parsons' wartime wedding is represented by Sylvia's wedding dress, cake decorations and other accessories, a teapot and two framed wedding photographs. Their early postwar life is illustrated by photographs and documents relating to their building and purchase of a war service home in Canberra. Through its rich range of objects, photographs and documents, this collection illustrates how two young Australians experienced the Second World War: one ground crew in the RAAF and the other a working war bride. Its significance rests in its range and complexity.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:26:27 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-27. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.