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A biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead
Manuscript
Maker: Coombes, David
"'The Greatest Rat': a biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead". PhD thesis.MSS1795
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Adams, Peter W DSC (Sub-Lieut. b: 1923)
Manuscript
Maker: Adams, Peter W
Autobiography, including service in RAN with HMAS Shropshire during WW2. Discusses training, refitting of Shropshire including anti-aircraft radar, active service in waters off New Guinea and Philippi...MSS1428
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Bracht, William Henry (Petty Officer, b: 1916)
Manuscript
Maker: Bracht, William Henry
Large manuscript titled `Memoirs in peace and war'. Covers service in RAN from enlistment in 1934. Describes service on HMAS Perth, including visit to 1939 World Fair in New York; outbreak of war; bei...MSS1576
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Burling, Douglas L, Sergeant
Manuscript
Maker: Burling, Douglas L
Account of Douglas Burling's war time service with the 7th Australian Division Ammunition Sub Park in Jerusalem, Libya, Greece, Syria, Givat Brenner, Australia, Manila, Waikiki and Honolulu, Canada, U...MSS0833
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Cameron, William (8 Australian Survey Battery)
Manuscript
Maker: Cameron, William James
Manuscript titled "Two Years in the Life of a Survey Battery", describing its work of improving topographical maps for defence purposes.MSS1388
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Captain Clifford James White, 1899-1996: Extracts from letters, Northern Territory, Borneo, Japan
Manuscript
Maker: Loof, Peter Various White, Clifford James
Manuscript entitled "Captain Clifford James White" which includes transcripts of letters written by White during 1943-1948 from the Northern Territory, Borneo and Japan. The manuscript also contains ...MSS1939
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Cliff, Sidney MM (Gunner, d: 1988)
Manuscript
Maker: Cliff, Sidney
Autobiographical account titled "Swaddies at Sea", describing service as a wireless operator with the 1st Anti Aircraft Brigade Signals in the Middle East, Ceylon, and in New Guinea on the Sanananda T...MSS1235
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Colonel H S Plummer & Captain E L Atkins
Manuscript
Maker: Atkins, E L 'Ted' Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd"
"Black and Yellow Triangles" The 2nd / 1st Machine Gun Battalion AIF Official History compiled by Colonel HS Plummer ED and Captain EL Atkins RL. Traces the battalion from raising in Rutherford, Pucka...MSS0955
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Griffiths-Marsh, Roland
Manuscript
Maker: Griffiths-Marsh, Roland
"The Hem of Eternity". An autobiographical account of the author's war time experiences with the 2/8 Infantry Battalion in Palestine, the Western Desert, Derna, Greece, Crete, Syria, Australia & Borne...MSS1203
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Hall, Louis William DFC (Flight Lieutenant, b: 1919)
Manuscript
Maker: Hall, Louis William
Recollections of RAAF service 1939-1946 as a pilot at numerous locations in Australia and South-West Pacific Area. Describes training, Japanese air raids of Darwin, bombing and torpedo missions in Bea...MSS1501
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Kwek, Joan (Civilian)
Manuscript
Maker: Kwek, Joan
Reflections on the Sandakan experience as related by a daughter of one of the Australian officers' later transferred to Kuching. Her comments reflect the tragedy and long term striving to understand t...MSS1596
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Milton, Gordon L (QX22648, Private, 2/25 Battalion, b. 1921 - d.2014)
Manuscript
Maker: Milton, Gordon Lloyd
"Lloyd's Story: Up and Down The Track of Life and Kokoda Trail" by Lloyd Milton. Bound transcript of the memoirs of QX22648 Private Gordon Lloyd Milton. The first few chapters recounts his life leadin...MSS1693
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Mr AE Field & Mr LJ Robertson
Manuscript
"The Gap is bridged" the unit history for the 2/6th Field Company Royal Australian Engineers. Covers their service in West Java and later imprisonment by the Japanese as part of Blackforce in Java, Th...MSS0956
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Murie, Clarissa Freda (Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Memoir entitled: A Life to Remember : Clarissa's Story : "One Only Gets Out of life What One Puts In". Written by Clarissa Miller (nee Murie), the memoir includes several chapters on her nursing durin...MSS1897
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O'Leary, Shawn
Manuscript
Maker: O'Leary, Shawn H
(1) Bound typed manuscript (2) illustrations and (3) maps used in the history "To the green fields and beyond" history of 6th Australian Division Cavalry Commandos published in 1975. The manuscript co...MSS0788
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Peck, Lindsay J MBE
Manuscript
Maker: Peck, Lindsay J
"Sappers of the Silent Seventh", a compilation of narrative accounts describing the exploits of the 7th Division Engineers from the unit's formation at Ingleburn in 1940, through the campaigns in the ...MSS1233
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Porter, F. Hal (Flight Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Maker: Porter, Frederick Harold (Hal)
`Adventures in Radar: a story of radar and the experiences of some of its personnel'. This manuscript is an account of the development of RAAF radar systems and their early use. The major part of the ...MSS1229
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Reece, Robert Harold William, b: 1940
Manuscript
Maker: Reece, Robert Harold William
Photocopy of typed Appendix III "The Australian Connection" to Reece's PhD Thesis (ANU 1977) on "The Cessation of Sarawak to the British Crown". Covers military reoccupation of Borneo and the work of ...MSS0786
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Roberts, E C (12 Squadron)
Manuscript
Maker: Roberts, E C
"Per Ardua Dis Aster 1938/1946". Memoirs detailing training for the RAAF (12 Squadron) in 1938. Spent time in Laverton then Darwin before being posted to the 75 Fighter Squadron at Cape Gloucester, Po...MSS1774
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104 Signals Squadron
Manuscript
Booklet prepared by members and ex-members for presentation at the 1988 Vietnam Reunion in Brisbane. The booklet contains a mixture of Vietnam recollections 1967-1968, signal corps history, poem, and ...MSS1223
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Swan, William N, Lieutenant Commander (Rtd) b: 1917
Manuscript
Maker: Swan, William N
Commander Swan's memoirs covering his naval service. A cadet at Naval Academy, later in Merchant Navy, a midshipman in Naval Reserve, later joined P & O Company, mobilised into navy and continued ther...MSS0861
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Thompson, Claude Goodwin (Flight Sergeant, b.1913 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Thompson, Claude Goodwin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403783 Sergeant Claude Goodwin Thompson, Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF], Dutch East Indies, 1941-1945. The collection consists of a typescri...MSS1214
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Thompson, Claude Goodwin (Flight Sergeant, b.1913 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Thompson, Claude Goodwin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403783 Sergeant Claude Goodwin Thompson, Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF], Dutch East Indies, 1941-1945. The collection consists of a typescri...MSS2206
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Throsby, James H. (NX141453, Major, 36 Battalion)
Manuscript
Maker: Throsby, James Herbert
43 page manuscript, titled "Along With Cousin Sam". The Manuscript follows Major Throsby's experience serving as a liaison officer with Patrol Torpedo Boats of the United States Navy. The Manuscript c...MSS2106
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Ward, Patricia (Lieutentant, b: 1914)
Manuscript
Maker: Ward, Patricia
Copy of speech describing experiences as a nurse with AANS. Mentions work in Port Moresby with 2/9 AGH (includes trip in hospital ship), penecillin, malaria, 2/6 AGH in Borneo,and post-war work with 2...MSS1553
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Young, Bill (Private, b.1925)
Manuscript
Maker: Young, Bill
Manuscript written by Private Bill Young 'Return to a dark age' describing his experiences as prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War. Young writes about his enlistment, training,...MSS1364