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Challands, Philip (Private, d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Challands, Philip
Letter from Private Challands to his mother describing his transfer to a machine gun unit, training, the young age of recruits, and his desire to see active service. Other letters from Lieutenant Colo...PR91/093
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Dill, James Scott Cuthbert
Manuscript
Maker: Dill, James Scott Cuthbert Walker, Karyl-Ann
Spiral bound typed manuscript titled 'Scott's War Memoir' written by NX30406 Private (Pte) James Scott (known as Scott) Cuthbert Dill who served with 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion during the Second World ...MSS2184
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Dymock, David Lindsay Edward (Corporal, b.1910 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Dymock, David Lindsay Edward Searle, Gordon Arthur McLintock
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX10550 Corporal David Lindsay Edward Dymock, 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, at sea and the Middle East, 1941-1942....PR05995
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Francis (Frank) Herbertson, Captain 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Herbertson, Francis (Frank)
Discussing pre-war employment; Anzac tradition; enlistment; training at Redbank, Qld; Vickers machine gun; embarkation on the Aquitania for Middle East; arrival in Palestine at Khassa Camp; reputation...S00588
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1. Kelaher, James Andrew (Private, b.1915 - d.1942) 2. Rowe, Clarence Silver (Sergeant, b.1916)
Private Record
Handrwritten drafts of 3 poems by 'Tip' Kelaher relating to service in the Middle East including the award winning poem 'The Digger Hat' and 3 handwritten and typescript drafts by 'Bok' Rowe.PR89/191
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Maurice Trigger, as a Private, Rangetaker/Scout 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by David McRobbie for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Trigger, Maurice
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; training at Ingleburn Camp with Vickers medium machine gun; embarkation on the Aquitania for Middle East and arrival at Khassa Camp; discipline; Mersa Matruh...S00591
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Moxham, Cyril Aubrey Hergest
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX68324 (NX70915) Lieutenant (Lt) Cyril Aubrey Hergest Moxham who served with 2/2 Australian Machine Gun Battalion including a period with the Re...PR05207
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Moxham, Cyril Aubrey Hergest
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX68324 (NX70915) Lieutenant (Lt) Cyril Aubrey Hergest Moxham who served with 2/2 Australian Machine Gun Battalion including a period with the Re...PR05956
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Palmer, Edwin Clayton (Sergeant, b.1911 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Palmer, Edwin Clayton
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX18291 Sergeant Edwin Clayton Palmer, 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Egypt, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one...PR04656
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Plank, Derrick Louis (Sergeant, b.1910 - d.1991)
Private Record
Maker: Plank, Derrick Louis
Plank's letters to his wife, Marjorie, during his war time service. Describe movements, activities, training, attitudes to locals, growing frustration with Army life, emotions. Some letters censored, ...PR90/182
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Shreeve, Charles William (Private, b.1914-d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Bannah, Maurice Arthur Bernard Shreeve, Charles William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX10285 Private Charles William Shreeve, 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, the Middle East, Italy, Germany ...AWM2018.271.1
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Studio portrait of QX2218 Sergeant (Sgt) Hamilton French Boyd, 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Sgt ...
Photograph
Maker: London Studio
Studio portrait of QX2218 Sergeant (Sgt) Hamilton French Boyd, 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Sgt Boyd enlisted on 11 March 1940 in Townsville, Queensland, and was discharged on 20 October 1945.P09774.001
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The fortunate war of Lieutenant Roy Ford (Ford, Roy Leonard; QX19174, Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Maker: Ford, Rodney
Typed and bound manuscript, 'The fortunate war of Lieutenant Roy Ford', by Rodney N. Ford. The manuscript is an account of the service of Roy Leonard Ford (QX19174, Lieutenant) during the Second Worl...MSS1934
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Thompson, Sydney Frederick 'Tiny' (Private, d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Thompson, Sydney Frederick 'Tiny'
Letters concerning the death off the New Guinea coast in September 1943 of NX27420 Private Sydney Frederick ('Tiny') Thompson (2/2 Machine Gun Battalion) to his mother and sister from the Minister of ...PR00859
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Victor Henry Knight, as a Staff Sergeant, 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by David McRobbie for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Knight, Victor Henry
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; embarkation for Middle East; Khassa Camp; Palestine; Vickers medium machine gun; Qastina Camp; ammunition; campaign at Trig Point 33; return to Australia; tr...S00555
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Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph (Sergeant, b.1919 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph alpha lithograph
Sketchbook containing drawings and comments by Sergeant Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) of 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Sketches depict various war scenes, caricatures and events, while serving in Mi...PR01819