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Derrick, Thomas Currie (Sergeant, VC, DCM, 2/48th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Derrick, Thomas Currie
Citation for the award of the DCM following action at Tel El Eisa, July 1942; and later citation for the VC awarded to Sgt Derrick, 2/48 Battalion, following action at Satelberg, November 1943. Also ...PR84/162
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Dexter, Walter Roadknight (Lieutenant Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Dexter, Walter Roadknight
Four diaries written by Lt Col Walter Roadknight Dexter during his Second World War Service in the Middle East, Greece, North African and New Guinea; copies of "The Clansman", the daily news sheet of ...PR01182
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Dexter, Walter Roadknight (Lieutenant, DSO, ED, 2/6th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Dexter, Walter Roadknight
DIARIES COVERING SERVICE FROM JAN 1940 - JULY 1942. ALSO DIARY AND PLATOON DUTY BOOK AND LECTURE NOTES, APR 1940 ONWARDSPR85/218
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Donald and Margaret Maclurcan's Second World War, 1938-1945
Manuscript
Maker: Maclurcan, Donald Charles Boulton Maclurcan, John Maclurcan, Margaret McEvoy
Manuscript titled "Donald and Margaret Maclurcan's Second World War, 1938-1945" which comprises the war diary of Donald Maclurcan and edited letters between Maclurcan and his wife, Margaret. It is il...MSS2178
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Donald Watt as a corporal, 2/7 Battalion and as a prisoner of war, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Watt, Donald Stokes, Edward
Donald Watt as a corporal, 2/7 Battalion and as a prisoner of war, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45S00999
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Donoghue, James George (Driver, b.? - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Donoghue, James George
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of QX2933 Driver James George Donoghue, 2/33 Battalion, Middle East, Australia, 1940-1942. Original letter and diary written by QX2933 Driver James...PR00990
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Dorman, Edgar (Sergeant, 9th Div Postal Unit, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Dorman, Edgar John
AIRGRAPH CHRISTMAS LETTER WRITTEN TO HIS MOTHER FROM THE MIDDLE EAST CARD WITH POSTAL UNIT COLOUR PATCHPR83/111
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Douglas, Donald (Gunner, b.1919 - d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Douglas, Donald Far Eastern Liaison Office Government of Japan Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX18200 Gunner Donald Douglas, 2/9 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, New Guinea and Borneo, 1940-1945. Collec...PR03791
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Dr Peter Braithwaite, Captain and Regimental Medical Officer 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Braithwaite, Peter
Discussing enlistment; work as medical officer in training camps at Brighton and Rutherford; voyage to England; training at Salisbury Plain Army Camp; embarkation for Middle East; regimental aid posts...S00561
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Dudley, Barker L., Squadron Leader
Manuscript
Maker: Dudley, Barker L
Narrative the official story of RAF air operations in the Middle East 1940-1943. Chapters cover the composition of the Air Force, the operations in the desert, the Red Sea, Greece, Iraq, Syria, Malta,...MSS0826
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Dudley, Job (Major, b.1906) and Dudley (nee Bray), Nora Hilda (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Dudley, Job
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX5087 Lieutenant Job Dudley, 2/6 Infantry Battalion and HQ AIF (Middle East) Feinforcement Depot, and his wife Sister Nora Hilda Dudley (nee Bra...PR85/201
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Duley, L B (Sergeant, 1 Railway Construction Coy, Rae)
Private Record
Maker: Duley, L B
SCROLL FOR 2ND ECHELON OF DULEY. CERTIFICATE OF MUSKETRY. COMFORTS FUND CARD, NEWSCUTTINGS, RECEIPTS. LETTER3DRL/7382
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Duncan, William James OBE (Group Captain, b.1902 - d.1962))
Private Record
Maker: Duncan, William James
Mixed papers (flying logbook, paybook, menus, photographs, reports, orders, maps, manuscripts titled `Glorious Three') relating to service with RAAF Liaison Office Middle East. Comments on RAF/RAAF co...PR00296
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Dunkley, Harry (Lieutenant Colonel, DSO, MC, 2/6th Bn, AIF, 2/7th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Dunkley, Harry Leslie Ewin
LETTERS TO HIS SISTER DESCRIBING HIS POSTINGS, WORK AND CONCERNS AND AS A LEADER OF SOLDIERS. COVERS PERIODS IN PUCKAPUNYAL, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, INCLUDING BATTLE OF BARDIA, GREEK CAMPAIGN, T...PR84/035
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Dutton, John (Gunner)
Private Record
Maker: Dutton, John
Letters written to his wife while on active service in North Africa and the Middle East, and later in Australia. Discusses routine army life with occassional comments on enemy engagements and the gene...PR00006
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Eagleton, James Russell (Private, b.1916 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Eagleton, James Russell
Handwritten memoir (approximately 60 pages) of NX16282 Private Eagleton documenting his service with 2/13th and 2/19th Infantry Battalions in the Middle East and the Pacific, during the Second World W...PR01770
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El Daba, Egypt. c. May 1943. A daily inspection of Supermarine Spitfire aircraft being carried ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
El Daba, Egypt. c. May 1943. A daily inspection of Supermarine Spitfire aircraft being carried out by fitters of No. 451 Squadron RAAF in the Western Desert.MEC1236
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Elder, James (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Elder, James
Open letter to the Air Board, Australian Public and Press from RAAF personnel serving in the Middle East. Dated 31 August 1943 the letter was written in reply to reports in the press that Australian a...PR00739
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Emery, James (Corporal, Aust Railway Construction Group)
Private Record
Maker: Emery, James
ADDRESS IN MEMORY OF AUSTRALIAN DEAD BY THE BISHOP OF AMIENS AND VARIOUS CARDS. EXHIBITION CATALOGUE FOR THE WORK OF JAMES EMERY 1943. LETTER AND FORM ON PROPAGANDA PAPER. TECHNICAL DRAWING OF RISING ...3DRL/3753
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Entertainment for the Troops Collection, Souvenirs 4
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The collection contains a diverse range of items such as invitations to afternoon teas, dances, dinners, parties and receptions, maps and guides to cities, accommodation and transport, and details of ...RC02398
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Evans, William Walter (Pilot Officer, b.1920 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Pilot Officer William Walter Evans, No 94 Squadron. Collection consists of a condolence letter addressed to W G Evans following the death of his...PR02041
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Evening - on the A.A bridge in the Mozambique Channel
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted,"The hour of suspense, when everyone is on the alert, for it is at sunset and dawn that submarines may strike. Painted during the voyage to Australia of HMT "Felix Roussel" a Free French...ART23900
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Everard Maitland Joseph Tierney as a warrant officer Australian Army Service Corps 6th Australian Division, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow
Sound
Maker: Tierney, Everard Maitland Joseph Hadlow, Martin Hadlow, Martin
Everard Maitland Joseph Tierney as a warrant officer Australian Army Service Corps 6th Australian Division, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow A transcript of this reco...S03053
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Fagan, Tom H (Corporal, b.1911 - d.1983)
Private Record
Maker: Fagan, Tom H
TYPESCRIPT COPY OF DIARY KEPT BY CPL FAGAN WHILST A PRISONER OF THE JAPANESE IN BATAVIA, BURMA AND THAILAND. IT BEGINS WITH CHRISTMAS 1941 AND CONTINUES WITH SPACED BUT DETAILED ENTRIES UNTIL HIS RETU...PR87/230
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Faux, Keith F (Private, 2/6th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Faux, Keith F
LETTER DESCRIBING 2/6TH BN FIRST CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY. PROGRAMMES (2) FOR 17 AUST INF BDE SPORTS MEETING, QUEENSLAND 1944. PAMPHLET OF POETRY BY WILL HANDLEY- SIGNED BY "POET"PR85/205
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Fearn, William Alfred (Private, b.1917 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Fearn, William Alfred Granger, William Henry Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX6365 Private William Alfred “Bill” Fearn, Australian Army Service Corps and 9 Division Headquarters, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australi...PR03688
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Field, Albert Edward (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Field, Albert Edward Field, Albert Edward
Collection of diaries kept by Sergeant Field (NX25417) while serving with 2/6 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. Field was in the Middle East from November 1940 to February 1942. In February...3DRL/2251
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Fielding, Derek (Flight Lieutenant, 3 Sqn RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Fielding, Derek
LETTERS HOME DESCRIBING CONDITIONS IN BOMBAY, CAIRO AND TRIPOLI AND OUTLINING THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED AT THE INVASION OF SICILY3DRL/3352
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Field, John, Brigadier, CBE, DSO, ED, b: 1899 d: 1974
Manuscript
Maker: Field, John
Typescript of Field's manuscript history of his militia service and war time experiences "Warriors for the working day". Item (1) carbon copy with manuscript amendments. Chapters 1-12 plus extra copie...MSS0785
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Figures and truck convoy
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers standing behind a convoy of trucks.ART90266
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Fitzgerald, William T E (Able Seaman, b.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Fitzgerald, William T E
Six handritten diaries kept by Fitzgerland during his RAN service on HMAS "Australia", "Napier", "Bowen", "Norman" and "Shoalhaven". Also copy of typed explanatory notes on diaries prepared by Fitzger...PR91/106
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Fletcher, George William (Driver, b.1894 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Fletcher, G W
Service and discharge certificates for 1350 Driver George William Fletcher who enlisted in the 7th Reinforcement, 13 Light Horse Regiment AIF in June 1915. Driver Fletcher later served as a signalman ...PR01483
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Fogarty, William Thomas (Lance Corporal, 1st Aust Corp Petrol Park Later, 2/105th Aust Gen Tpt Coy, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Fogarty, William Thomas
2 LETTERS WRITTEN BY FOGARTY TO HIS AUNT WHILE HE WAS ON ACTIVE SERVICE DURING WWIIPR87/192
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Foggia, Italy. October 1943. Typical street scene in the town of Foggia in Italy. Note the team ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Foggia, Italy. October 1943. Typical street scene in the town of Foggia in Italy. Note the team of bullocks.MEC2448
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Foxall, Lois Crystabel
Private Record
Maker: Foxall, Lois Crystabel
Nominal roll of the Middle East Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) (undated), listing each members' service number, name, allocation (posting within the unit), civil occupation and previous hospital exper...PR00884
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Francis, Cyril (Reverend)
Private Record
Maker: Francis, Cyril
BOOK USED AS BURIAL REGISTER, RECORD OF CHURCH SERVICES AND HOSPITAL PATIENTS. INCLUDES DIARY ENTRIES FOR 1940-1942. DIARY OF SERVICE IN NEW GUINEA. QUITE DETAILED INFORMATION3DRL/7328
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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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Freeberg, Norman Ellis (Private, 2/17th Bn, AIF b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Freeberg, Norman Ellis Richard
CORRERSPONDENCE BETWEEN PTE FREEBERG AND HIS FUTURE WIFE PHILLIS ASHE EN ROUTE TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE QUEEN MARY IN 1940 AND FROM ENGLAND IN 1945 WHILE BEING REPATRIATED; ALSO MESSAGES RECEIVED THR...PR87/112
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French, Bevan (Major, 2/6th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: French, Bevan
Collection relating to the service of Major Bevan French. The collection consists of a diary giving details of service with 2/6th battalion in 1940. Also included is a report on operations in the Mapr...PR85/219
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Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1943. An air gunner of No. 454 Squadron RAAF after his return ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1943. An air gunner of No. 454 Squadron RAAF after his return from an operation, sitting in the rear gun turret of a Martin Baltimore aircraft.MEC0759
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Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1943. Armourers of No. 464 Squadron RAAF bombing up a Martin ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1943. Armourers of No. 464 Squadron RAAF bombing up a Martin Baltimore aircraft at Gambut.MEC0770
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Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1943. The aircrew of No. 454 Squadron RAAF preparing a Martin ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1943. The aircrew of No. 454 Squadron RAAF preparing a Martin Baltimore aircraft for take off. This member of the aircrew is at his station checking the guns.MEC0740
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Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1943. Wing Commander Ian Campbell, Commanding Officer of No. ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1943. Wing Commander Ian Campbell, Commanding Officer of No. 454 (Baltimore) Squadron RAAF (left foreground), interviewing aircrew on their return from an operation ...MEC0753
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Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. 1944. The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) concert ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. 1944. The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) concert held in Gambut. Seen here is a large group of airmen enjoying the concert.MEC1029
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Gatt, Jim (Private, 2/6th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Gatt, Jim
PERSONAL REMINISCENCE COVERING GATT'S SERVICE WITH 2/6TH BN FROM 1941-45 COVERING CORRESPONDENCE ATTACHEDPR85/226
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Geoffrey Charles James Lowe, Sergeant 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Sound
Maker: Lowe, Geoffrey Charles James Sprod, Michael
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; training camp at Brighton; battalion composition; leave; embarkation for Middle East campaigns; Tobruk campaign; return to Australia; jungle training at Kilc...S00558
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Geoffrey Lewis Holmes as a Corporal, 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Holmes, Geoffrey Lewis Sprod, Michael
Discussing enlistment; 2/12 Battalion; army training; embarkation; shipboard activities; fighting in Middle East; return to Australia; service in New Guinea; action at Milne Bay; attitudes to Japanese...S00540
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George Pomeroy, as a Corporal, 1st Australian Entertainment Unit, interviewed by Sharon Davis for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Pomeroy, George
Discussing pre-war service with CMF; enlistment and service in Middle East during 1941; joining the Entertainment Unit; entertaining Australian troops in North Australia and islands; visit of Gracie F...S00595
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George Soden (sergeant), Alec Ray (lieutenant), Tom Pulsford (warrant officer), Alec Harold Glanford (private), Noel Clarence (private), Robert Frederick Cowie (major), Ron Brown (private) all 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow
Sound
Maker: Brown, Ron Clarence, Noel Cowie, Robert Frederick Glanford, Alec Harold Pulsford, Tom Ray, Alec Soden, George Hadlow, Martin Hadlow, Martin
George Soden (sergeant), Alec Ray (lieutenant), Tom Pulsford (warrant officer), Alec Harold Glanford (private), Noel Clarence (private), Robert Frederick Cowie (major), Ron Brown (private) all 2/15th ...S03068
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Gill, George T (Lieutenant, 2/48th Bn d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Gill, George T
LETTERS FROM GILL TO HIS FAMILY DESCRIBING CONDITIONS AND EVENTS WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. CARDS. LETTERS FROM GILL TO ASSOCIATES AND THE ARGUS. LETTERS, TELEGRAMS A...3DRL/7945
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Gorman, Francis J (Driver)
Private Record
Maker: Gorman, Francis J
EXTRACTS FROM PERSONAL DIARY FOR 1941 COVERING SERVICE IN BARDIA, TOBRUK, MERSA MATRUH, AMARIYA, PIRAEUS AND CRETE. NEWSCUTTING RE GORMAN AND HIS DIARY.PR85/250
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Grant, L G (Private, 2/6th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Grant, Leo George
8 MAPS - MIDDLE EAST AND NEW GUINEA. OPERATIONS LOG BOOK - 2/6TH BN JAN-FEB 1943, NEW GUINEA. ARGUS SOUVENIR EDITION 1940. HANDBOOK OF GALLE.PR85/206
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Green, Charles Hercules (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1919 - d.1950); Green, Olwyn (b.1923 - d.2019)
Private Record
Maker: Green, Charles Hercules Green, Edna Olwyn
Papers of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hercules Green DSO, and Olwyn Green, relating to his service with the 2/2 Battalion in North Africa and Greece, and the 2/11 Battalion in New Guinea during the Sec...PR00466
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Gregan, Damian (Captain, 1st Aust Base Supply Depot, AIF b.1913)
Private Record
Maker: Gregan, Damian
IRREGULAR ENTRIES COVERING BASE WORK IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA, COMMENTS ON JEWISH LIFE STYLE, RETURN TO AUSTRALIA VIA OESTENHAVEN AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CONFUSION APPARENT, POSTING TO ORO BAY, SECONDMEN...PR84/264
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Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. Padre J. P. McNamara, formerly Parish priest of Brunswick in the ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. Padre J. P. McNamara, formerly Parish priest of Brunswick in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, saying Mass for Italian airmen in Italy. The Padre is with No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squad...MEC2389
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Haberecht, P (Squadron Leader, RAAF)
Manuscript
Maker: Haberecht, Percy Arthur Charles
Narrative memoirs of Squadron Leader Haberecht's experiences during W2 while attached to the RAF and responsible for mail communications in campaigns in North Africa, Middle East, France and Italy.MSS0726
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Hackshaw, Alan (Corporal, 2/11th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Hackshaw, Alan
TYPESCRIPT COPY OF HACKSHAW'S DIARY DEALING WITH SERVICE IN PALESTINE AND GREECE, INVOLVEMENT IN WITHDRAWAL FROM GREECE, SERVICE ON AND ESCAPE FROM CRETE, ESCAPE TO EGYPT, SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ...3DRL/6398
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Hadlow, Martin
Manuscript
Maker: Hadlow, Martin
`A Sea of Tents' is a non-fiction work which gives an account of the social life of young Australian soldiers in the Middle East during World War Two. It covers life on board the troop convoys, experi...MSS1213
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Hamilton-Webb, Lorraine (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Hamilton-Webb, Lorraine
A mixed collection documenting Hamilton-Webb's wartime career in Egypt and the Middle East with the British Army, principally over 1941-42. He served with the Royal Engineers (Movement and Transportat...PR00691
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Hammer, Heathcote Howard (Major General, CBE, DSO, Ed)
Private Record
Maker: Hammer, Heathcote Howard
NOTEBOOK CONTAINING CONFERENCE NOTES AND ORDERS. DIARY CONTAINING SKETCY IRREGULAR ENTRIES - MAINLY COVERING LISTS OF DUTIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN3DRL/2642
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Hampel, Edgar Charles (Trooper, b.1914 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Hampel, Edgar Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX14216 Trooper Edgar Charles 'Ted' Hampel, 2/3 Commando Squadron, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, 1944. Wallet 1 of 1- Collectio...PR05239
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Hansor, Joseph (Gunner)
Private Record
Maker: Hansor, Joseph
Collection relating to service of NX 22943 Gunner Joseph Hansor, 2/1 Medium Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, Middle East, Northern Territory and Queensland, 1939-2002. Collection includes souven...PR03435
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Hardy, Lancelot Arthur (Warrant Officer), 1907-1993 OAM, FRCO
Private Record
Maker: Hardy, Lancelot Arthur
Papers of Warrant Officer Lancelot Arthur Hardy documeting his military service in the Second World War, comprising of diaires, sketchbooks and maps. Hardy kept detailed, illustrated diaries of his w...PR02097
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Hare, Arthur Ivan (Captain), 1908-1942, MC
Private Record
Maker: Hare, Arthur Ivan
Illustrated transcript of three diaries written by Captain Arthur I Hare, 2/43 Battalion, during the Second World War. Entries cover the period December 1940-July 1942 and describes the Easter Battle...PR03148
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Harrison, Welland (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Harrison, Welland
Autograph book and correspondence of NX16502 Sergeant Welland Harrison, 6 Australian Field Cash Office and his wife, Sadie Harrison, while he was serving in Second World War, 1941-1942.PR01638
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Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack), as a private, 2/28th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack)
Discusses employment; enlistment; training; 2/28th Battalion; morale; leisure; casualties; capture, desert operations; health; POWs. Mentions Ceylon; Red Sea, Mersa Matruh; Tobruk, Palestine, El Alame...S00527
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Hayes, John Vivian MM (Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Hayes, John Vivian
Official papers relating to the administration of Australian Port Detachment - Middle East, and shipping supply activities. Includes unit war diary, orders, manifests, administrative and security arra...PR00263
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Hay, Sir David CBE DSO (Major)
Manuscript
Maker: Hay, David Osborne
Final typescript draft of "Nothing over us: the story of the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion" by Sir David Hay. Manuscript includes annotations, and appendices covering nominal roll of original ba...MSS1251
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Headquarters, AIF, Middle East 'B' Officers Mess
Private Record
Heavy paper 'noticeboard' for the B Officers mess, Headquarters, AIF, Middle East. It lists the mess committee, meal times, order of dress and has spaces where notices could be pinned.PR87/233
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Henley, Henry E (Private, 2/2nd Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Henley, Henry E
LETTER DESCRIBING LEAVE IN JERUSALEM. LETTER COVERING PARCEL OF GIFTS3DRL/7741(B)
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Henshall, Albert (Sergeant b.1892 - d.1952)
Private Record
Maker: Henshall, Albert
Postcards, photographs, and diaries which describe being wounded at Gallipoli, standed of hospital accommodation at Lemnos, and Heliopolis and Cario in Egypt. Henshall goes on to serve in a number of ...PR00648
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Herbert George Lewis (Bert) Wainewright, as a Lance Corporal, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Wainewright, Herbert George Lewis (Bert) Wall, Brian Wall, Brian
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment in army; posting to Middle East as reinforcement for 2/28th Battalion; training in Palestine, battles at El Alamein; Battle at Ruin Ridge; capture by Germans;...S00570
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Herring, Enid Jessie (Assistant Controller, AAMWS, b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Herring, Enid Jessie
Research material used by Mrs Herring in writing "They Wanted to be Nightingales" a history of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service during the 1939-1945 war (including BCOF). Includes letters f...3DRL/8023
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1. Higgins, R J (Private) 2. McAlpine, Ernest (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Higgins, R J McAlpine, Ernest
Two letters sent by R J Higgins (VX3588) 2/6 Btn, to his friend Ern McAlpine. Includes photo of Higgins in Palestine with Sgt Bill Brown and Ambrose Clark, and 1 postcard from McAlpine to a Mrs Gibbs...PR83/062
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Hill, A J (Corporal, 2/6th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Hill, A J
DIARIES COVERING SERVICE WITH 2/6TH BN FROM 1940-43. DETAILED ENTRIESPR85/221
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Hind, Rita May (Lieutenant, b.1910-d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Hind, Rita May
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX76519 Lieutenant Rita May Hind, Australian Army Medical Women’s Service, Voluntary Aid, Middle East, 1941-1943. Collection consists of one dia...PR05507
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'Holbrook', 'Duntroon' and American Cruiser 'Phoenix' off Australian coast
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
HMTS "Holbrook" and "Duntroon" and U.S. Cruiser "Phoenix" off Australian coast. Dargie noted,"The voyage is nearly done. We awoke one morning, two days out from Fremantle, to find our convoy escorted ...ART22059
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'Holbrook', 'Duntroon' and American Cruiser 'Phoenix' off Australian coast
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
HMTS "Holbrook" and "Duntroon" and U.S. Cruiser "Phoenix" off Australian coast. Dargie noted,"The voyage is nearly done. We awoke one morning, two days out from Fremantle, to find our convoy escorted ...ART22058
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(HQ AIF (Middle East))
Private Record
VISITOR'S BOOK MAINTAINED FOR THE OFFICER'S MESS, AIF HQ (MIDDLE EAST)PR82/111
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HT Felix Roussel in rough seas, latitude. 42 degrees south
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts HT Felix Roussel in rough seas, Indian Ocean.ART22061
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Hudson, Lionel Vivian (Wing Commander, b.1916 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Hudson, Lionel Vivian Various
Collection of 400448 Wing Commander Lionel Vivian Hudson, of 12 Squadron RAAF and 82 Squadron RAF. It includes a logbook, 1941-1945, covering his training and service in North Africa, India, the Midd...PR03172
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Hurst, Philip John (Private, b: 1918)
Manuscript
Maker: Hurst, Philip John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX5862 Private Philip John Hurst, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, 1995. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of a bound typescript memoir titl...MSS1656
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Idku, Egypt. c. May 1943. A cricket match played at the airfield of No. 451 (Hurricane) Squadron ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Idku, Egypt. c. May 1943. A cricket match played at the airfield of No. 451 (Hurricane) Squadron RAAF. Identified is the wicket keeper, 402326 Flying Officer C. E. Edmondson DSO.MEC0795
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Improvised identity disc : Private K P Hartshorne, 6th Division Australian Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised identity disc made from a George V Australian shilling coin in 1941-1942 in the Middle East for SX680 Private Kenneth Percival Hartshorne.REL49795
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(2/7 Infantry Battalion, AIF)
Private Record
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE, RESEARCH NOTES, AND VARIOUS DRAFT MANUSCRIPTS RELATED TO THE WRITING OF THE 2/7 BN UNIT HISTORY, "THE FIERY PHOENIX" COMPILED BY W P BOLGER AND J G LITTLEWOODPR83/137
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Interview with Sandy Rayward (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Sandy Rayward who left Australia on the first convoy for the Middle East on 10 January 1940 on the Orford. Discusses his enlistment, the effects of the depression and hard times on the ...F04020
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Into action
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Painting of three unidentified male Australian soldiers going into action in the Middle East. This work was reproduced in the frontispiece of the 1942 Australian War Memorial publication 'Soldiering ...ART22232
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Italy. April 1944. The FN 5 nose turret of an RAF Vickers Wellington aircraft.
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Italy. April 1944. The FN 5 nose turret of an RAF Vickers Wellington aircraft.MEC2702
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Jack Griffith as a sergeant 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow
Sound
Maker: Griffith, Jack Hadlow, Martin Hadlow, Martin
Jack Griffith as a sergeant 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow A transcript of this recording may be available. For further informat...S03054
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Jackson, H D (Sergeant, 1st Aust Mg Bn and Arab Legion)
Private Record
Maker: Jackson, H D
ARMY DRIVING LICENCE. DENTAL RECORDS, PRIVATE LETTERS (3), ENVELOPES (9), TOBACCO RATION FORM, SMALL ARMS SCHOOL CERTIFICATE. LETTER RE MIDDLE EAST P & RT COURSE. LETTER RE DEMOBILIZATION - 2 COPIES. ...PR85/309
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James Findlay Crighton (Jim) Bruce, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy and Austria, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Bruce, James Findlay Crighton (Jim)
Discussing enlistment; embarkation for Middle East; Tobruk; El Alamein Campaign; casualties; surrender to German Army; transfer to Italy and POW camp in Udine; transfer to Austria and Stalag 18A; othe...S00542
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Jerusalem, Palestine. 24 December 1943. Squadron Leader Bob Davies, RAAF Padre, conducts a ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Jerusalem, Palestine. 24 December 1943. Squadron Leader Bob Davies, RAAF Padre, conducts a service in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem, on Christmas Eve. Many RAAF members attended the service.MEC2566
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John William (Jack) Dodd, as a Private, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Bill Bunbury for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Dodd, John William (Jack)
Discussing enlistment; army training; Middle East campaigns especially El Alamein; capture by German Army; description of journey by ship to Italy and torpedoing in prison ship; arrival in Brindisi; t...S00544
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Jones, George, Sir (Air Marshal, KBE, DFC, CB)
Manuscript
Maker: Jones, George
Autobiographical memoir covering early life, experience with Light Horse and Flying Corps during WW1, subsequent career with RAAF between WW1 and WW2, role during WW2 and conflicts in Korea and Malaya...MSS0738
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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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Kell, Kenneth (Warrant Officer Class 2, b.1922)
Private Record
Maker: Kell, Kenneth
Illustrated memoir 'Ken Kell - the early years" written by NX8116 Warrant Officer Kenneth Kell. Kell documents his military training and service with 2/1 Australian Field Regiment in North Africa, G...PR01312
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1. Kennedy, William Henry Malcolm 2. Kennedy, Anthony Richard Hume (1. Gunner, 7th FAB b.1893 2. Private, 2/2nd Bn AIF b.1920 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Kennedy, Anthony Richard Hume Kennedy, William Henry Malcolm
PERSONAL PAPERS AND BRIEF DIARY OF GUNNER KENNEDY'S WWI SERVICE. ANTHONY KENNEDY'S LETTERS HOME DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE WITTY, FREQUENTLY ILLUSTRATED AND MOSTLY ...PR87/093
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Kenneth Alfred John Buckland as a sergeant 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow
Sound
Maker: Buckland, Kenneth Alfred John Hadlow, Martin Hadlow, Martin
Kenneth Alfred John Buckland as a sergeant 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East in the period 1940-1943, interviewed by Martin Hadlow A transcript of this recording may be available. For...S03063
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Kingsley Wood, H (Deputy Assistant Director of Public Relations (W2)
Manuscript
Manuscript titled "From our Correspondent", describing the activities of the Department of Information and the Directorate of Public Relations, and Australian press correspondents during W2. An append...MSS0748
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Kirkwood , Robert LG
Manuscript
13 original poems written during active service in the Middle East 1941 to 1942 include "Desert Rats", "Destiny", "Our Bill", "Mersah Matruh" and "Class B Lament".MSS1090