Place | Africa: North Africa |
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Accession Number | PR87/147 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 21 ITEMS |
Object type | Papers |
Maker |
Cumpston, John S |
Date made | 1933-1945 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/024/002 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Cumpston, John S (Captain, 26th Bde HQ, AIF, Aust Intelligence Corps, AMF b.1909 - d.1986)
Description
PERSONAL PAPERS OF CAPT CUMPSTON. NOTES TAKEN AT A BDE CONFERENCE IN N AFRICA. A SUMMARY AND EVALUATION OF THE PLAN FOR THE BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN, WRITTEN AFTER THE BATTLE. FIELD NOTEBOOKS AND DIARIES KEPT BY CUMPSTON FROM HIS ATTESTATION IN 1940 UNTIL HIS RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IN 1943