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  1. Diary of Jack Lusby Burns, January-April 1943

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    Maker: Burns, Jack Lusby

    Diary relating to the Second World War Service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company. This diary is the second of six diaries kept by Burns while he was a prisoner of war in...

    AWM2019.22.28

  2. Diary of Jack Lusby Burns, July-November 1942

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    Maker: Burns, Jack Lusby

    Diary relating to the Second World War Service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company. This diary is the first of six diaries kept by Burns while he was a prisoner of war in ...

    AWM2019.22.27

  3. Diary of Jack Lusby Burns, June-October 1944

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Burns, Jack Lusby

    Diary relating to the Second World War Service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company. This diary is the fourth of six diaries kept by Burns while he was a prisoner of war in...

    AWM2019.22.30

  4. Diary of Jack Lusby Burns, May-September 1943

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Burns, Jack Lusby

    Diary relating to the Second World War Service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company. This diary is the third of six diaries kept by Burns while he was a prisoner of war in ...

    AWM2019.22.29

  5. Diary of Jack Lusby Burns, October 1944-January 1945

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Burns, Jack Lusby

    Diary relating to the Second World War Service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company. This diary is the fifth of six diaries kept by Burns while he was a prisoner of war in ...

    AWM2019.22.31

  6. Letters from Frank Reinhardt Fischer to his family, 1918

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Fischer, Frank Reinhardt

    Letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Frank Reinhardt Fischer, 6th Battalion. These letters were written by Fischer to his brother and sister over the period 10 January to 29 J...

    AWM2016.30.55

  7. Miscellaneous items relating to Ronald McKay

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Unknown

    Miscellaneous items relating to the Second World War service of QX6802 Private Ronald McKay, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion. Ronald McKay was a prisoner of war of the Germans during the Second Wo...

    AWM2019.22.154

  8. Postcards of Jack Lusby Burns, 1943-1945

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    Maker: Burns, Jack Lusby

    Postcards relating to the Second World War service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company. While he was a prisoner of war in Japan, Burns wrote thirteen postcards to his famil...

    AWM2019.22.73

  9. Transcript diaries of George William Edward Clark, 1940 - 1944; 1998

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    Maker: Clark, George William Edward

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX1058 Gunner George William Edward Clark, 1 Battery, 2/1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 1940-1988. This file contains a transcript...

    AWM2019.22.86

  10. Wallet 2 of 2 - Diary, vol. II of Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 1941-1942

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Murphy, Oswald Ellis Joseph

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6269 Major Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station, Australia, Egypt, Palestine, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Libya, and Ceylon, 1...

    AWM2020.22.237

  11. Wallet 1 of 2 - Diary, vol. I of Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 1940-1941

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Murphy, Oswald Ellis Joseph

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6269 Major Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station, Australia, Egypt, Palestine, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Libya, and Ceylon, 1...

    AWM2020.22.236

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