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Anonymous
Manuscript
Title: `To Find a Path: The History of the PIR'. Brief history of the Pacific Islands Regiment from its inception in 1940 until 1968. It gives details of operations in which the PIR was involved, its ...MSS1215
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Carter, M K
Manuscript
Maker: Carter, M K
Manuscript titled `A small ship's saga'. Carter has used his own and others' reminiscences to write an anecdotal history of WWII service on Australian Army small ships and in post war reconstruction w...MSS1259
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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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Gailer, Ron K.
Manuscript
Maker: Gailer, Ron K
Typescript history (94 pages) titled `100 odd mates: the story of the 2nd Mountain Battery - AIF' written by Ron K. (Slim) Gailer and edited by Edd (Springheel) Morris. The manuscript provides a detai...MSS1643
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Horsfall, Edward James (NX161421, Sapper, Ausrtalian Army, b. 1920)
Manuscript
Maker: Horsfall, Edward James
Spiral bound manuscript relating to the Second World War service of NX161421 Sapper Edward James Horsfall, Australian Army. Horsfall's memoirs detail his war experience with the 23rd Field Company, R...MSS1980
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Keating, Gavin (Lieutenant b: 1973)
Manuscript
Maker: Keating, Gavin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant General Stanley George Stavige, II Corps (formerly 17 Brigade and 3 Division), 1939-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Wallet contains Lieutenant ...MSS1604
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King, Bruce Joseph Charles
Manuscript
Maker: King, Bruce Joseph Charles
A digital file (PDF) consisting of a 51-page typed illustrated manuscript titled "BOUGAINVILLE 1944-1945. Bougainville as one soldier saw it and lived it. His mission and his stories", written and com...MSS2152
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May, Phillip Herbert (Sergeant, b: 1921)
Manuscript
Maker: May, Phillip Herbert
Manuscript titled "The Final Battle for Slaters Knoll in Bougainville on 5 April 1945 : The Truth about our Diggers Bloody Victory". Discusses the official record of the battle and recollections of me...MSS0712
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O'Neill, Adrian L (Lieutenant, 38 Battalion)
Manuscript
Maker: O'Neill, Adrian L
THE POEMS WRITTEN DURING O'NEILL'S ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND BOUGAINVILLE, AND IN SYDNEY, SATIRISE OFFICIAL, PRESS AND HOME ATTITUDES COMPARED TO THE CONDITIONS OF JUNGLE FIGHTING. THE...MSS1328
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Smith, Alan (Apprentice Ship's Officer, Australian Merchant Navy)
Manuscript
Maker: Smith, Alan
TITLED "F W E", MANUSCRIPT DESCRIBES LOADING OF AMMUNITION, WEAPONS AND BEER ON BOARD SS RIVER BURDEKIN IN JULY 1945 IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY. DESTINATION IS TORONINA ON BOUGAINVILLE, WHERE IN AUGUST, ...MSS1321
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Strange, N.A., MM (Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Strange, Norman Alan
Poem describing experiences of a militia battalion in wartime, including vivid images of the bombing of Darwin and jungle training in Darwin and Queensland. The poem expresses feelings of self-doubt a...MSS1490
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'The Cindarella Campaigns': An Investigation of Australian involvement in Bougainville 1944-1945
Manuscript
Maker: Meagher, Lucinda
Typescript manuscript. Provides a history of the Bougainville campaigns in the Second World War. Examines the nature of the opposing forces and the environment in which the campaigns were fought. Appe...MSS2064
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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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Zeitz, Lynette
Manuscript
Maker: Zeitz, Lynette
MA Thesis "No Half-Hearted Soldiers: the Japanese Army's experience of defeat in the South West Pacific, 1942-1945" examining the experience of Japanese soldiers of lower ranks to provide an understan...MSS1507