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  1. Anonymous

    Manuscript

    Maker: Anonymous

    Notebook of original poems mostly related to the campaigns in Greece, Crete, and Tobruk. Also includes general details about Syria, patrol operations plan and wireless station call signs.

    MSS1280

  2. A Wireless Section of Greece and Crete (Hill, William Charles Fitzmaurice; VX19513, Major)

    Manuscript

    Maker: Hill, William Charles Fitzmaurice

    Unpublished memoir, 'A wireless section of Greece and Crete', written by William Charles Fitzmaurice Hill (VX19513; Major; Royal Australian Corps of Signals), September 1964. The memoir details Hill'...

    MSS1915

  3. Bell, Wilbur Athol (Athol) (NX2078, Regimental Sergeant Major, 2/2 Battalion, b. 1915 d. 1998)

    Manuscript

    Maker: Bell, W A Bell, Wilbur Athol

    "For the Life of Me" by W.A. Bell. Contains the life story of NX2078 R.S.M Wilbur Athol (Athol) Bell. Part I is about his life leading up to the War. Part II is about his service in the 2/2 Australian...

    MSS1680

  4. Bennett, Arthur Campbell (Major)

    Manuscript

    Maker: Bennett, Arthur Campbell

    Memoirs titled "The Rough Infantry : Tales of World War II" relating to Major Bennett's enlistment in 1939, training at Puckapunyal and later Officer Training School Liverpool; training and social act...

    MSS1408

  5. 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

  6. Dean, Gordon (Sapper b: 1917)

    Manuscript

    Maker: Dean, Gordon

    Manuscript titled `One Day the Sun Will Shine', recollecting experiences with 2/2 Field Company,. Covers enlistment, training, sea voyages, leave, active service in numerous theatres, post war life, w...

    MSS1480

  7. Eady, Wilton McPherson ED (Lieutenant Colonel b:1916)

    Manuscript

    Maker: Eady, Wilton McPherson

    Typescript memoir entitled "From soldier to kriegie: the war experiences of Wilton Eady" based on an interview by Betty Ellis, 1996. The memoir gives an account of Lieutenant Colonel Wilton Eady's Wor...

    MSS1655

  8. 2/3 Field Regiment

    Manuscript

    `Unofficial History of the 2/3 Field Regiment', edited by L. Bishop and L. Lind, is a detailed history of the Regiment from its inception in 1939. It outlines training in England and in Queensland on ...

    MSS1222

  9. Fitzpatrick, John Charles (VX889, Signalman, 2/2 Field Regiment)

    Manuscript

    Maker: McLean, Andrew

    200 page manuscript titled "Jack's Diaries". The manuscript provides details of Signalman John Fitzpatrick's wartime experience with 2/2 Field Regiment and 6 Division Signals. The manuscript details ...

    MSS2141

  10. Frick, William M

    Manuscript

    Maker: Frick, William M

    Manuscript titled 'Greece, April 1941: To Fight Another Day'. Discusses the Greek campaign in general, and in particular the fighting on the plain of Argos and the evacuation from Nauplia. Draws on of...

    MSS1516

  11. Gilchrist, Hugh

    Manuscript

    Maker: Gilchrist, Hugh

    Typed carbon copies of the first draft of two sub-chapters of a book on the history of Australian Greek relations, written by Hugh Gilchrist prior in 1978. The chapters are titled 'The Nurses', concer...

    MSS0773

  12. Glen Alvie Remembers

    Manuscript

    Maker: Glen Alvie Recreation Reserve Committee

    'Glen Alvie Remembers', a manuscript based on research into 28 former students of Glen Alvie State School who served in the First World War and 31 men and 3 women who enlisted form Glen Alvie for Worl...

    MSS2004

  13. Greece 1941: Diary of 81 Advanced Base Sub Area

    Manuscript

    Maker: Parrington, Les

    Transcript of diary: 81 Advanced Base Sub Area with Addenda by Brigadier L Parrington MC (British). Also contains coloured maps and graphs.

    MSS1877

  14. 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

  15. Guide International Service

    Manuscript

    Maker: Girl Guides Association of Australia

    Collection of 17 articles (some photocopied) published in 'Guiding in Australia' (GIA), a magazine published by the Girl Guides Association of Australia between 1980-1994. The articles were published ...

    MSS1484

  16. Gullett, Henry Baynton Somer 'Jo', Major

    Manuscript

    Maker: Gullett, Henry Baynton Somer (Jo)

    Manuscript entitled "Companions of the AIF", later "Soldiers far away" and then "Not as a duty only" written by Henry Baynton Somer 'Jo' Gullett which was published in 1973 by Angus & Robertson. Inclu...

    MSS0792

  17. Hammond, Henry (VC43224, Corporal, 2/8 Australian Infantry Battalion).

    Manuscript

    Maker: Hammond, Henry

    "Personal account of Corporal Henry Hammond (VC43224), 2/8 Australian Infantry Battalion, detailing his experience as a Prisoner of War of the Germans during the Second World War". Includes poems and ...

    MSS1730

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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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