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American forces liberate South Korea
Film
Maker: Driver, Roy
Australian troops captured at Singapore in 1942 and liberated in Korea by Allied forces after Japanese capitulation. Film commences with aerial shots of Korean landscape, moves to a panning shot of f...F01244
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AT SEA. 1945-10-12. PERSONNEL OF 2/3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT PLATOON, EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE, ...
Photograph
AT SEA. 1945-10-12. PERSONNEL OF 2/3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT PLATOON, EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE, ON THE DECK OF THE BRITISH TROOPSHIP MV HIGHLAND BRIGADE DURING THEIR JOURNEY HOME TO AUSTRALIA.117864
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Australia Service Medal : Driver R H Coyte, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL36147.005
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Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier Miyake Yoshio in the Malayan campaign : Private Norman William Smith, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag featuring numerous Japanese signatures and patriotic slogans in black ink. Apart from the traditional wish for long-lasting good fortune in war the slogans...REL/04411
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AWM52 10/11/3/1 - [Unit War Diaries, 1939-45 War] 2/3 Australian Reserve Motor Transport Company AIF [Australian Imperial Force] April - May 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2022.5.1042
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AWM52 10/11/3/4 - [Unit War Diaries, 1939-45 War] 2/3 Australian Reserve Motor Transport Company AIF [Australian Imperial Force] January 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2022.5.1045
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AWM52 10/11/3/2 - [Unit War Diaries, 1939-45 War] 2/3 Australian Reserve Motor Transport Company AIF [Australian Imperial Force] June - September 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2022.5.1043
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AWM52 10/11/3/3 - [Unit War Diaries, 1939-45 War] 2/3 Australian Reserve Motor Transport Company AIF [Australian Imperial Force] October - December 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2022.5.1044
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-16. DRIVER S. R. HOLLAND, 3RD AUSTRALIAN RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT ...
Photograph
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-16. DRIVER S. R. HOLLAND, 3RD AUSTRALIAN RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY (1) AND DRIVER C. PRIESTLEY, 3RD AUSTRALIAN RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY (2), EX-PRISONERS OF WAR...117374
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-16. DRIVER S. R. HOLLAND, 3RD AUSTRALIAN RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT ...
Photograph
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-16. DRIVER S. R. HOLLAND, 3RD AUSTRALIAN RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY (1) AND DRIVER C. PRIESTLEY, 3RD AUSTRALIAN RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY (2), EX-PRISONERS OF WAR...117376
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Driver R H Coyte, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL36147.004
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Carved chess set : Lance Corporal H Beitsch, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Beitsch, Hector
Complete carved chess set made of dark and light woods using a lathe and hand carving.REL30302
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Cressey, Dallas Lowther (Private, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Coy, AIF, POW b.1910)
Private Record
Maker: Cressey, Dallas Lowther
MAPS USED IN TRANSPORT DUTIES PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN MALAYA, PAYBOOK, RECOVERED POW BOOK AND RATION BOOKSPR88/199
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Cross and Rosary Beads : Driver H D Harris, 2/3 Motor Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A Catholic rosary of the standard design, consisting of five decades, or sets of ten wooden beads, for the recitation of the Hail Mary (Ave Maria), separated by a single wood and brass bead for the re...REL33345
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Darwin, NT. c. 1942-2. Members of the 23rd Australian Reserve Motor Transport Company. Left to ...
Photograph
Darwin, NT. c. 1942-2. Members of the 23rd Australian Reserve Motor Transport Company. Left to right: Unknown, NX181049 Driver Vince Ravese, driver Tim (?). The men are carrying .303 rifles and full k...P02235.002
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Darwin, NT. c. 1942-2. NX181049 Driver Vincent Ravese, 23rd Australian Reserve Motor Transport ...
Photograph
Darwin, NT. c. 1942-2. NX181049 Driver Vincent Ravese, 23rd Australian Reserve Motor Transport Company, lying on a beach beneath a tree. A group of aborigines are playing cards behind him.P02235.001
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Defence Medal : Driver R H Coyte, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL36147.003
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Dorse, Gordon (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the service of NX46737 Corporal Gordon Dorse, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Malaya, 1941. Collection includes letters to a friend Vera Cook, 194; photographs of Dorse in...PR03228
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Dunbavan, Joseph (QX20125 , Driver, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company)
Manuscript
Maker: Dunbavan, Joseph
Untitled memoir by Joseph Dunbaven (QX20125 , Driver, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company). Details the experiences of the author from 9th April 1941 through his experiences of transport to Singapore,...MSS1876
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Engraved tin : Lance Corporal H Beitsch, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Beitsch, Hector
Tin with hinged lid. The lid is engraved with a memorial stone and cross with the letters 'AIF'. In the left corner is engraved '1941 BURMA' and in the right is '1945 JAVA'. Both place names are under...REL30303
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Handcarved cameo pendant : Staff Sergeant C C Oliver, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cameo pendant handcarved from a beetlenut. The oval pendant depicts the profile of a young woman and has a loop at the top for suspension from a chain.REL33445
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Harris, H D (Private, 2/3rd Mt Reserve Co, and POW Malaya and Java)
Private Record
Maker: Harris, Hayman Douglas
Manuscript outlining experiences from time of enlistment in 1941 until liberation and demobilization in 1945. Titled "'G' STRINGS AND BANGKOK BOWLERS" it deals primarily with incarceration in POW camp...3DRL/3745
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Harris, Richard Charles (Driver)
Private Record
Maker: Harris, Richard Charles
Collection relating to NX68692 Driver Richard Charles Harris, 2/3rd Reserved Motor Transport Company, 1944-1945. It includes service papers, demobilisation procedures book and five prisoner of war po...PR01709
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Holland, Herbert Sawford (Driver, b.1911-d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Holland, Herbert Sawford
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX69236 Driver Herbert Sawford Holland, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Thailand and Australia, 1945. Wal...PR05821
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Ipoh, Malaya. 1941-08-11. Group portrait of members of "A" Section, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport ...
Photograph
Ipoh, Malaya. 1941-08-11. Group portrait of members of "A" Section, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company. Left to right: Back row: Lance Corporal A. K. Toogood; Driver (Dvr) K. Newby; Dvr J. Wilson; ...100975
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. DRIVER R. FRASER, 2/3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY, ON THE ...
Photograph
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. DRIVER R. FRASER, 2/3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY, ON THE STEPS OF "AUSTRALIA HOUSE" ONE OF THE HUTS IN THE KUCHING POW AND INTERNMENT CAMP.118420
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LABUAN, BORNEO 1945-09-24. GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR WHO ARRIVED AT LABUAN AIRSTRIP ...
Photograph
Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
LABUAN, BORNEO 1945-09-24. GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR WHO ARRIVED AT LABUAN AIRSTRIP FROM SINGAPORE WITH MAJOR GENERAL CALLAGHAN, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 8TH DIVISION. LEFT TO RIGHT, B...120766
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Malacca, Malaya, 1941-03-13. Attap huts occupied by members of the 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport ...
Photograph
Maker: Scriven, C
Malacca, Malaya, 1941-03-13. Attap huts occupied by members of the 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), at their camp. The hut in the background at left is the ...P01859.002
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Malaya, 1941. Group portrait of five members of the 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, ...
Photograph
Malaya, 1941. Group portrait of five members of the 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). Left to right: back row: Frank Hascham; Corporal Cyril Henry Scriven. F...P01859.001
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MEMBERS OF THE 2/3RD MOTOR AMBULANCE CONVOY AND THE 3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY BEING ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
MEMBERS OF THE 2/3RD MOTOR AMBULANCE CONVOY AND THE 3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY BEING FERRIED TO THEIR ASSIGNED SHIP WHICH IS WAITING TO TRANSPORT THEM TO MALAYA.006967
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MEMBERS OF THE 3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY ABOUT TO BOARD THEIR TRANSPORT SHIP TO EMBARK ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
MEMBERS OF THE 3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY ABOUT TO BOARD THEIR TRANSPORT SHIP TO EMBARK ON SERVICE IN MALAYA. IN THE CENTRE IS PRIVATE P. R. LARKIN [NX24122 Patrick Ryan Larkin].006955
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2/3 Motor Transport Company and POW Bicycle Camp at Batavia
Film
Maker: Cressey, Dallas Lowther
Reel 1. Liverpool, NSW January 1941. Roadways of old corrugated iron huts. Free French were being held. General camp scenes. Parade ground with 2/3rd Motor Transport Company and 2/3/ Motor Ambulance C...F03456
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NSW members of E Section, 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company on their way from train to ferry to ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
NSW members of E Section, 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company on their way from train to ferry to embark for their assigned transport en route to Malaya. Identified is NX69446 Horatio Slater (second fro...006942
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NSW MEMBERS OF THE 3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY BOARDING THEIR ASSIGNED TRANSPORT EN ROUTE ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
NSW MEMBERS OF THE 3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY BOARDING THEIR ASSIGNED TRANSPORT EN ROUTE TO MALAYA.006944
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NSW members of the 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company about to board their assigned transport ship ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
NSW members of the 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company about to board their assigned transport ship en route to Malaya. Fourth from the left is NX68782 Drive Arthur Henry James Hamer (later prisoner of ...006943
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NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX68410 Corporal Keith Anderson Peters, 2/3rd ...
Photograph
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX68410 Corporal Keith Anderson Peters, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners ...P02467.841
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NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX41097 Driver William Oliver Anderson, 2/3rd ...
Photograph
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX41097 Driver William Oliver Anderson, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners ...P02467.426
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NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX69600 Private James Richard Alexander Chant, ...
Photograph
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX69600 Private James Richard Alexander Chant, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied pri...P02467.876
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Pacific Star : Driver R H Coyte, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL36147.002
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Pair of shorts : Driver M H Store, 2/3 Reserve Motor Company 8th Division AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Store, Mark Hill
Pair of hand made faded blue-grey cotton shorts. The exterior surfaces of the fabric is significantly faded with several parts of the internal facing giving an indication of the original dark blue-gr...REL45061
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Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Personnel of the 2/3rd Motor Transport Company, ...
Photograph
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Personnel of the 2/3rd Motor Transport Company, ex-prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, attending a mess parade at the Phetburi POW camp.117932
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POW's in Thailand
Film
Maker: Unknown
Shot of Lieutenant Colonel C A McEachern senior officer in Thailand. Lieutenant Colonel C G W Anderson, MC, VC, recipient of the only Australian Victoria Cross in the Malayan campaign. Lieutenant Colo...F01539
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Pre-war studio portrait of George Leslie (Les) Rehn, also known as Leonard Ashby Barnett, from ...
Photograph
Maker: Dimond Studio
Pre-war studio portrait of George Leslie (Les) Rehn, also known as Leonard Ashby Barnett, from Nhill, Victoria who enlisted in 1941 aged 37. He served as NX48495 Private (Pte) Rehn with 2/3 Reserve Mo...P10703.001
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Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12954 Private Gordon Alexander Candlish, 2/3rd ...
Photograph
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12954 Private Gordon Alexander Candlish, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisone...P02468.018
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Rouse, Norman S (Driver, 2/3rd Mt Coy, AIF b.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Rouse, Norman S
MALAYA COMMAND DRIVING LICENCE AND EIGHT MEDICAL CERTIFICATES ISSUED WHILE POW DESCRIBING DIAGNOSIS OF ILLNESS OR INJURY AND TREATMENTPR86/349
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1939-45 Star : Driver R H Coyte, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL36147.001
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Studio portrait of father and his two children, all in uniform. Left to right: Private John ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of father and his two children, all in uniform. Left to right: Private John (Jack) Webb, Private Shirley Webb, and Corporal William Purnell Webb, 2/3rd motor transport unit, following ...P01361.002
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Studio portrait of NX72088 Driver George Patrick Mulach, 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, AASC, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX72088 Driver George Patrick Mulach, 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, AASC, of Cooma, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, he served in the Pacific campaign before being taken Pr...P07249.001
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Studio portrait of QX16802 Private (Pte) John William Gratton, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of QX16802 Private (Pte) John William Gratton, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, AASC. A motor mechanic from Toowoomba, Queensland, Pte Gratton enlisted on 7 March 1941. He served i...P10288.001
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8th Division personnel, ex-Prisoners-of-War of the Japanese, outside their hut "Australia House" ...
Photograph
8th Division personnel, ex-Prisoners-of-War of the Japanese, outside their hut "Australia House" in the Kuching POW and Internment Camp, which they occupied from 1943-06 to 1945-09. Twelve of the thir...118417
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TROOPS OF THE 2/3RD MOTOR AMBULANCE CONVOY AND 3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY BEING FERRIED ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
TROOPS OF THE 2/3RD MOTOR AMBULANCE CONVOY AND 3RD RESERVE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY BEING FERRIED TO THEIR ASSIGNED TRANSPORT SHIP EN ROUTE TO MALAYA.006937
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Webb, William P (Private, 3 Motor Transport Coy, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Webb, William Purnell
WEBB'S MEMOIR OF HIS WWII EXPERIENCES WITH 3 MOTOR TRANSPORT COY IN MALAYA UNTIL THEY SURRENDERED TO THE JAPANESE. THE MEMOIR THEN TELLS OF HIS TIME AS A POW IN THE NEI, BURMA AND JAPANPR87/183
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Webb, William Purnell
Private Record
Maker: Webb, William Purnell
Photocopy of typed account of prisoner of war (POW) experiences 1942-1945. Mentions Leles, Batavia, Burma, Rangoon, Moulmein, Thambuzyat (Thanbuzuyat), Phoniphen, Micon, Saigon, Singapore, Happy Valle...PR91/004
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Whyte, Thomas W (2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Coy)
Private Record
Maker: Whyte, Thomas W
CHRISTMAS CARD SENT BY T W WHYTE TO HIS PARENTS FROM MALAYA. ALSO JAPANESE PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, DROPPED IN MALAYA IN DEC 1941. PHOTOCOPYPR84/136
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Woven cellophane belt: Driver Mark Hill Store, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, 8th Division
Heraldry
Maker: Store, Mark Hill
Woven belt made from folded sections of clear cellophane originally used to wrap packets of cigarettes. Cut out paper numerals and letters have been inserted into individual sections of the cellophane...REL45060
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Wyllie, David Michael MID (Staff Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Wyllie, David Michael
A letter written in Malaya on 30 January 1942 by Wyllie to a friend or relative back in Australia. In the letter Wyllie is very outspoken on the incompetence and inefficiency of the organisation of th...PR00371