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Crawford, Sheila (d: 1946)
Manuscript
Maker: Crawford, Sheila
A collection of poems collectively titled `Fantasy', many written between 1939-1942, providing an insight into the wartime feelings of civilians in Australia. The poems were sent to a pen-friend in En...MSS1460
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Cribbin, C M, Mrs, Assistant Public Relations & Censorship Liaison Officer
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Maker: Cribbin, C M
Outline of proposed publication on Women's activities in Australia compiled by Mrs Cribbin for Dr Edith Summerskill of Australian Empire Parliamentary Delegation 1944. Also photographic captions showi...MSS0781
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Crocker, Roy Ernest (109317, Flying Officer, RAF)
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Maker: Crocker, Ernest Roy
Manuscript titled 'Memories of a P.O.W.' written by Ernest Roy Crocker, 49 p. Manuscript details the experiences of the author as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War. Begins ...MSS2035
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Crockett, James (Civilian)
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Maker: Crockett, James
An ode, `Predestination-in retrospect' written to C.E.W. Bean on his seventieth birthday by a family friend, James Crockett.MSS1599
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Crossing, Edward G.
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Maker: Crossing, Edward G
Manuscript titled 'Recollections Of The 121st Australian Geneal Transport Company (AIF)'. Describes enlistment and training in SA, move to Alice Springs, vehicle maintenance, conditions in Northern Te...MSS1525
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Crouch, Joan Miss
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Maker: Crouch, Joan
"A Special Kind of Service : the story of the 2/9 Australian General Hospital 1940-1946". An account of the work of the 2/9 AGH from its formation in 1940, duty in the Middle East, return to Australia...MSS1038
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CUMMINGS, Donald Lloyd
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Thesis "Army ROTC : a study of the Army's primary officer procurement program 1862 to 1977". Study to ascertian whether the Reserve Officers Training Corps remins a viable officer procurment program f...MSS1143
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Curtis-Otter, Margaret (First Officer, Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS))
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Maker: Curtis-Otter, Margaret Catherine
UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT ENTITLED "HISTORY OF THE WRANS", AN UNOFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, GROWTH AND ROLE OF THE WOMEN'S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL SERVICE, 1941-1945. INCLUDES DETAILS OF THE LI...MSS0638
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Dack, Irwin John (Flying Officer), 1921 - , DFC, OAM
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Maker: Dack, Irwin John
Memoirs of RAAF service titled 'SO, YOU WANTED WINGS, HEY!! Discusses early life, enlistment and training in Australia and England, operational missions over Europe until shot down in 1944, POW experi...MSS1511
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Daintree, Charles Marshall (Lieutenant Colonel, b: 1907)
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Maker: Daintree, Charles Marshall
'AIF Abroad': Some Recollections of My War Years 1939 to 1945' describes Daintree's life beginning with his early life, then going on to his schooling, pre-war career as a teacher and then as a traine...MSS1509
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Dalton, Enid M (E M Herring) (Australian Women's Army Service)
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Maker: Dalton, Enid M
TYPESCRIPT ENTITLED "THEY WANTED TO BE NIGHTINGALES", WHICH FORMS THE CORE OF A BOOK LATER PUBLISHED UNDER THE SAME NAME. CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR AND OTHER WOMEN ...MSS0642
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Daubaris, A B
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Maker: Daubaris, Algirdas B
Part of manuscript describing author's experience in Lithuania during W1, when he was successively compelled to enlist in the invading armies of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, as a POW in Italy an...MSS1387
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David CAMPBELL , Anders BOSERUP , J L RICHARDSON , Malcolm SAUNDERS
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Working papers issued by the Peace Research Centre Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. David CAMPBELL "Australian Public Opinion on National Security issues" examines o...MSS1105
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Day, Antony F (Tony) (Cm, Cd, RAFVR, RAF, Rafo, Rcaf(R) b: 1924)
Manuscript
Maker: Day, Antony F McLellan, Walter Scott
Collection mainly consists of a typescript written by Antony Day. The typescript titled 'The Air War over the Arakan 1942-1945: an Arakan Aerial Anthology by 'those who served there' is a detailed nar...MSS1327
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D Company, 2/13th Battalion
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Maker: Australian Imperial Force Collins, Mervyn
Manuscript titled "From Tobruk to Scarlet Beach with 2/13 Australian Infantry Battalion", compiled by Mervyn Collins from 2/13 Infantry Battalion unit war diaries. Describes events at Tobruk from Apri...MSS1545
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Dean, Gordon (Sapper b: 1917)
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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
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Deflating British Radar Myths of World War II
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Maker: Clark, Gregory C
A research paper presented to the Research Department Air Command and Staff College, US.MSS1854
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Dellar, William Morris (Gunner, b: 1915)
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Maker: Dellar, William Morris
W.M. Dellar enlisted in the AIF and, after training in Australia, served in Palestine and Egypt. Dellar was made a prisoner of war when his ship HMS Hereward was disabled during the evacuation of Cret...MSS1254
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Denning, Stanley Francis (Private)
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Maker: Denning, Stanley Francis
Memoirs of service during Malayan campaign and as a prisoner of the Japanese, in particular as a member of "H" force at various locations including Hellfire Pass. Comments on food, work, treatment by ...MSS1542
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1. De Totth, Adam. 2. Courtney, Robert C H
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Article concerning the inscriptions on medals to Australian and Mandated Territory Personnel 1939-1945. It provides clear background on the number system for the three services.MSS0864
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Dill, James Scott Cuthbert
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Maker: Dill, James Scott Cuthbert Walker, Karyl-Ann
Spiral bound typed manuscript titled 'Scott's War Memoir' written by NX30406 Private (Pte) James Scott (known as Scott) Cuthbert Dill who served with 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion during the Second World ...MSS2184
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Display and Power: An archaeological assessment of a German 8.8cm Flak 36
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Maker: Pearson, David
Honours thesis reporting the results of an investigation of a German 8.8cm Flak 36 from World War Two located in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. This manuscript has a forensic analysis ...MSS1797
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Dodman, Sydney (Driver, 136 Agt Coy, b: 1915)
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Maker: Dodman, Sydney
MANUSCRIPT TITLED "AS I RECALL THE WAR YEARS", DESCRIBING AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES AS A DRIVER, MAINLY ON AUSTRALIAN ROAD CONVOYS BETWEEN SYDNEY, MELBOURNE AND DARWIN. INCLUDES RECOLLECTIONS WRITTEN LATER...MSS1326
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Donald and Margaret Maclurcan's Second World War, 1938-1945
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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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Dong, Wonmo
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Maker: Dong, Wonmo
Thesis "Japanese colonial policy and practice in Korea, 1905-1945 : a case study in assimilation". PhD Georgetown University, Political Science, 1965MSS0896
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DONLON , Ross
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Thesis "Cultural change in Australia 1939-1945". Examines the long and short term effects of the war on the tenor of life in Australia especially the general population. BA (Hons), University of Queen...MSS0983
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Donnelly, Roma
Manuscript
Maker: Donnelly, Roma
Thesis titled `A Civilising Influence? Women in The British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan 1946-1952.' Discusses the contribution by Women in Nursing and Medical Services, Red Cross, YMCA, Can...MSS1555
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Donovan , Mr Peter
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"Waltzing Maltilda : the men and machines of the 2/9th Australian Armoured Regimental Group". First draft of unit history covers the pre history and formation, the 1st Australian Armoured Division, th...MSS1182
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Dow, Maynard Weston
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Maker: Dow, Maynard Weston
Thesis "Counterinsurgency and nation building : a comparative study of Post-World War Two Anti Guerilla Resettlement Programs in Malaya, the Philippines and South Vietnam". PhD, Syracuse University, 1...MSS0968
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Drijber, Oscar (Flight Lieutenant)
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Maker: Drijber, Oscar
Manuscript titled `As I saw it', describing experiences in Dutch forces during the Second World War. Covers imprisonment in German POW camps in Europe, escape to Switzerland, training in Australia wit...MSS1412
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Drummond, Alexander Hatton
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Maker: Drummond, Alexander Hatton Williams, Jo
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX52775 Private (Pte) Alexander Hatton Drummond, who served with 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion and became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Jap...MSS1530
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Dudley, Barker L., Squadron Leader
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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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Duff, Ken (Flight Sergeant)
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Maker: Duff, Ken
"The Darwin Lockheed Hudson Squadrons and the War They Traversed" gives a account of the work of 2 and 13 Squadrons from 1941 to 1943. The manuscript also includes copies of navigation logs, photograp...MSS1504
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Duffy, Thomas Edmund (4331, Squadron Leader, RAAF)
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Maker: Walter, Matt
Manuscript entitled 'Preserving a memory: Thomas Edmund Duffy'. Manuscript details the First World War service of Thomas Edmund Duffy of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the lead up to the Galli...MSS1941
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Dunbavan, Joseph (QX20125 , Driver, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company)
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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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Durand, Arthur Acquinas
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Maker: Durand, Arthur Acquinas
Thesis written by Arthur Durand, "Stalag lll an American Experience in a World War Two German prisoner of war camp". Durand compares the treatment by the Germans to prisoners of war of different natio...MSS0900
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Dutton, W A (Leading Aircraftman, b: 1920)
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Maker: Dutton, William A
Transcripts of poems written while on active service with Airfield Defence of 75 Squadron. Pays tribute to the pilots and ground forces who fought the Japanese at Milne Bay and Kokoda.MSS1481
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DVA/Australia Remembers 1945-1995 writing competition
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Entries submitted to `Australia Remembers 1945-1995' writing competition for students, run by the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Includes essays, poems, letters and an interview, by various young au...MSS1613
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Dyer, Alwyn Edward (Alan)
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Maker: Dyer, Alwyn Edward (Alan) Dyer, Alwyn Edward (Alan)
Manuscript titled "Anecdotes from the early days of 75 Squadron RAAF from formation March 1942 to second trip to Milne Bay in 1943" by Alan Dyer (electrical fitter). Discusses training of electrical ...MSS1462
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Dyer, Stephen W
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Maker: Dyer, Stephen W
HISTORY HONOURS THESIS TITLED "LIKE THE LIGHTNING FROM THE SKY : AIRBORNE ASSAULT IN WORLD WAR TWO". EXAMINES FACTORS COMMON TO ALL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS AND AN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF HOW PARACHUTISTS W...MSS0657
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Dyer, Stephen W (Dr)
Manuscript
Maker: Dyer, Stephen W
'A Thirty Course War: Airmen of the RAAF at War 1941-1945' deals with the story of airmen from enlistment, training, operational postings, operational flying in Australia and the Pacific theatres, bei...MSS1529
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Eadie , Mrs Edith
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"With the AANS 1939-1945". Memoir of service with the Australian Army Nursing Service compiled by the Principal Matron South Australian Lines of Communications Area, Fourth Military District. During t...MSS1194
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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
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Earl, William (b. 1919)
Manuscript
Maker: Earl, William Henry
Manuscript titled "A Cook's Tour of the Pacific: the wartime reminiscences of an army cook", recounting author's personal experience of service in the Army and catering for the troops. Describes his t...MSS1673
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Easton, L, Lance Sergeant
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Maker: Easton, L
Manuscript titled `13th Infantry Brigade Signals Section', covering the period 1941-1945. Covers formation of the unit, training in Western Australia, coast watching, transfer to Darwin and New Guinea...MSS0730
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Edmonds, Leigh
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Maker: Edmonds, Leigh
Manuscript titled `Organization - The Backbone of Victory (The RAAF and the Pacific War)', discussing overall RAAF organization and its contribution to allied victory. Covers internal structure of RAA...MSS1458
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Elaine Balfour-Ogilvy, 14 January 1912 - 16 February 1942
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Maker: Black, Airlie
A brief description of the life and Second World War service of Elaine Balfour-Ogilvy, Australian Army Nursing Service 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station. There is an emphasis on her singing and the joy it...MSS1865
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Eldridge L B Warrant Officer
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History of the Central Provision Office Australian Army Ordnance Corps Army Headquarters, General Headquarters and Land Headquarters 1940 to 1942 compiled by Warrant Officer LB Eldridge. Includes news...MSS0883
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Elliott, Patricia
Manuscript
Maker: Elliott, Patricia
A fictionalised account written in 1945 of daily life in the suburb of Burnside (East of Adelaide) during the last months of World War Two, "Brookbank a chronicle". Includes shortages experienced by c...MSS0827
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Emms, Francis Bassett (Leading Cook, b:1909 - d:1942)
Manuscript
Maker: Swinden, Gregory James
A spiral bound folder of research material, sourced primarily from various published and online resources, compiled by Commander Greg Swinden related to the service of Leading Cook Francis Bassett "Di...MSS1923
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Erdmann, James Morris
Manuscript
Maker: Erdmann, James Morris
Thesis "USAAF (United States of America Air Force) leaflet operations in the ETO (European Theatre of Operations) during World War Two". PhD, University of Colorado, 1970.MSS0916
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Esteban, Luis R
Manuscript
Maker: Esteban, Luis R
Autobiographical manuscript `My War: A Personal Narrative', recollecting childhood experiences during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, in particular the battle for Manila in 1945.MSS1475
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Fallon, Brian Milton (432944, Flying Officer, RAAF)
Manuscript
Maker: Cook, Bryan Fallon, Brian Milton
Manuscript titled Press on Regardless: Memories of Bomber Command, detailing the war-time service of Brian Fallon, who served with the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. Relates h...MSS1999
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Farrer, Matthew
Manuscript
Maker: Farrer, Matthew
MANUSCRIPT TITLED `CHANGING FORTUNES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PEACE MOVEMENTS IN AUSTRALIA FROM THE 1930'S TO THE 1950'S'. COVERS TWO DISTINCT PHASES OF ACTIVISM: THE FIRST COVERING THE MOVEMENT AGAINS...MSS1442
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Fein, Richard Jacob
Manuscript
Maker: Fein, Richard Jacob
Thesis "Major American poetry of World War Two : a critical study". PhD New York University, 1960.MSS0923
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Felton, Lloyd Walter (NX3637, Lieutenant, RAA)
Manuscript
Maker: Felton, Lloyd Walter
Manuscript memoir of Lloyd Walter Felton, about his service in the Second World War as a member of the 2/1st Field Regiment of the Royal Australian Artillery. It mainly deals with his time in Isreal, ...MSS1895
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Ferguson , Mr R Ian
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Manuscript history of the Department of Aircraft Production during the 1939-1945 war. The memoir is based on the author's involvement in the production of aircraft components. He discusses the bureauc...MSS1162
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Fernandez , Petty Officer EE mid
Manuscript
"A Brief History of my career in the Royal Australian Navy from 1939 to 1970". Covers Petty Officer Fernandez' service from the time of enlistment until the 1939-1945 war on various ships including HM...MSS1171
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2/9 Field Ambulance Unit
Manuscript
Maker: Flowers, William Alfred
"2/9th Field Ambulance Unit Association: A Recollection by Bill Flowers of his time with 2/9th Field Ambulance: 8th Division AIF And its subsequent Unit Association". This manuscript deals the service...MSS1709
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Fielding, Keith Patrick (Able Seaman b: 1924)
Manuscript
Maker: Fielding, Keith Patrick
Autobiography of naval service titled "On His Majesty's Naval Service". Discusses training, convoy escorts with corvettes, river patrols aboard Fairmiles, and service aboard HMAS Arunta in the Philipp...MSS1535
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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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Field, Laurence Melville (Flight Lieutenant, b: 1922, d: 1990)
Manuscript
Maker: Field, Laurence Melville (Laurie)
Papers relating to research into 460 Squadron, including interview transcripts, notes, correspondence, replies to questionaires. (Item list available in box 1).MSS1489
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2/3 Field Regiment
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`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
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82 Fighter Squadron Royal Australian Air Force 1943-1948
Manuscript
Maker: Force, Sue
History of the unit written and researched by Sue Force (Sgt. Sue White). The manuscript is in colour with photos and maps.MSS1902
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FILER , David James
Manuscript
Thesis "The New Zealand Armed Services : their development in relation to defence policy, 1946 to 1972". Discusses the development of the New Zealand Forces from their inception to the end of the 1939...MSS1108
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Fincher, John Farram (b: 1923)
Manuscript
Maker: Fincher, John Farram
Original lyrics of a song: "They Say There's a Wirraway Out On The Line", a satire written by one of more crew memebrs of 2 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), describing airmen's ideas about the p...MSS1619
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Finishing Touches
Manuscript
Maker: Simmonds, Ed
84 page manuscript titled "Finishing Touches" which examines RAAF Radar History. The files were written or collected after 'Technicalities and Generalities' was finished.MSS1703
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Fisher, Walter Edward (Civilian, Md)
Manuscript
Maker: Fisher, Walter Edward
MANUSCRIPT TITLED "EX POW (J) TEN YEARS AFTER - AN ANALYSIS OF A SURVEY, CARRIED OUT BY THE REPATRIATION COMMISSION, OF THE HEALTH OF EX-SERVICEMEN RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY IN THE FAR EAST". INCLUDES T...MSS0662
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Fitzgerald, Sister Ellen
Manuscript
Maker: Fitzgerald, Ellen
Thesis "World War 2 in the American Novel : Hawkes, Heller, Kosinski and Vonnegut". PhD, University of Notre Dame, 1974.MSS0914
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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
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Fixed Naval Defences in Darwin Harbour : How the Navy Secured Darwin Harbour against Submarine Attacks between 1939 and 1945
Manuscript
Maker: Forster, Paton Cameron
"Fixed Naval Defences in Darwin Harbour: How the Navy secured Darwin Harbour against Submarine Attacks between 1939 and 1945" by Pat Forster. Research on the Royal Australian Naval activies such as th...MSS1697
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Flowers, William Alfred (Private, b.1920 - d.2012)
Manuscript
Maker: Flowers, William Alfred
Manuscript by VX27026 Private Bill Flowers of 2/9 Field Ambulance describing basketball played at Changi Prisoner-of war camp. Mentions a game played against Korean guards, also the grand final betwee...MSS1575
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"Flying close to the sun". Flight Lieutenant Desmond John Cormack DFC: an Australian pilot in North Africa with 250 (Sudan) Squadron RAF 1941-1944.
Manuscript
Maker: Peacock, Kenneth Royden
Unpublished typescript entitled "Flying close to the sun". An account of the service of Flight Lieutenant Desmond John Cormack DFC, an Australian pilot in North Africa with 250 (Sudan) Squadron RAF, ...MSS1860
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Flynn, Sidney John Richard (2556, Sergeant, HQ 7 MD)
Manuscript
Maker: Flynn, Sidney John Richard
Typed manuscript titled 'Notes and reminiscences while with the N.A.O.U', including diary entries, copies of letters and poems and newspaper article.MSS1842
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Fogarty , Joan Mrs
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Thesis "Themes of Alienation, isolation and personal growth in selected Australian novels of World War One and World War Two". Examines these themes in five Australian novels : F Manning's "Her Privat...MSS1042
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Ford, Dr. Bruce CBE
Manuscript
Maker: Ford, Bruce Francis
Manuscript titled `The Wounded Warrior and Rehabilitation, Including the History of No. 11 Army General Hospital, Caulfield Rehabilitation Hospital', tracing the development of rehabilitation for woun...MSS1478
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Ford , Jonathon W Mr
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Thesis "The operations and role of the Dutch abd Netherlands East Indies Forces in the South West Pacific Area March 1942 to 1August 1945". Examines the operations in which the Dutch and Netherlands E...MSS0999
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For King and Country : The Shire of Metcalfe and WWII
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Maker: Davis, Noel James, Ken
366 page manuscript. The manuscript provides basic information on over 500 soldiers, sailors and airmen associated with the shire of Metcalfe during the Second World War. Includes photographs, certifi...MSS2122
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Forsyth, Keith C T (NX40563, Private, 2/18 Battalion, b. 1922)
Manuscript
Maker: Forsyth, Keith Charles Thomas
"My Story" by NX40563 Private Keith Charles Thomas Forsyth, 2/18 Infantry Battalion. The manuscript covers Forsyth's time in service with the 2/18 Battalion during the Second World War. Chapter 1 - 3 ...MSS1683
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For You The War is Over! Australian prisoners of the Germans in World War II
Manuscript
Maker: Potter, Katherine Anne (Kate)
32 page manuscript. Manuscript in two parts. First examines the experience of Australian Prisoners of War in Germany with particular focus on the nature of the camps and the social structure within th...MSS2087
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Fossey , Mr R
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Memoir detailing the writer's experiences from pre war enlistment in the British Territorials, transfer to the 18th Division and arrival in Singapore on 27 January 1942 followed by capitulation. Follo...MSS1123
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Fowler, Mr JE
Manuscript
"Looking backward" the reminiscences of an Australian Light Horseman on Gallipoli and in Egypt, Sinai, Palestine and Syria and, on his return to civilian life, his travels and experiences in Queenslan...MSS0888
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Fox, Frank Wayne
Manuscript
Maker: Fox, Frank Wayne
Thesis "Advertising and the Second World War : a study in private propaganda". PhD, Stanford University, 1973.MSS0966
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Fraser, Geoffrey Thomas (QX2335, Trooper, 2/4th Commando Squadron)
Manuscript
Maker: Fraser, Geoffrey Thomas
Bound and typed 171 page memoir titled 'Highly Irregular' written by Geoff Fraser. Author provides a summary of his pre-war life. Training for the 4th Independent company is detailed, as is early serv...MSS1960
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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
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Friend, Ronald Frederick DFC (Flight Lieutenant, b: 1913)
Manuscript
Maker: Friend, Ronald Frederick
Memoirs of service as a RAAF navigator, serving with 460 Squadron on operations over Germany, Italy, and Czechoslovakia. Comments on different aircraft (Wellingtons, Halifaxs, Mosquitos, Lancasters), ...MSS1477
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Fyne, Robert James
Manuscript
Maker: Fyne, Robert James
Thesis "Hollywood fights a war : a comparison of the images of the fighting man of World War Two combatants in selected Hollywood films produced between September 1939 and December 7, 1941 and those p...MSS0909
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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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Gampe, Norman Arthur (426973, Flying Officer, 619 Squadron)
Manuscript
Maker: Gampe, Norman Arthur
"The Memoirs of Norman .A. Gampe's WW2 Experiences". Manuscript about Flying Officer Gampe's service with the RAAF in Europe. Trained with Tiger Moths and then with Wirraways. Trained further in the E...MSS1689
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Gash, Noel (Gunner, b: 1921)
Manuscript
Maker: Gash, Noel George
'The Defences of Sydney, 1941-45'. Describes location and layout of the Gun Operations Room which Gash was posted to in 1942 while serving in the Anti-Aircraft Artillery in Sydney. The room was situa...MSS1622
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Gault , C
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OVERSIZE ITEM Thesis "Australian Foreign Policy 1944-1949". Surveys the economic, political and social pressures that led to the formation of Australian foreign policy in this period. BA Hons, Univers...MSS1008
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Gavish, Dov
Manuscript
Maker: Gavish, Dov
TITLED "2/1 AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY COMPANY AND THE SURVEY OF PALESTINE 1941", THE STUDY ASSESSES THE ROLE OF THE 2/1 IN PREPARING MAPS OF PALESTINE, TRANSJORDAN, SYRIA AND THE SYRIAN-TURKISH BORDER I...MSS1322
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Gibb, Norman Stanley (VX5842, Private, 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion)
Manuscript
Maker: Gibb, Norman Stanley
Manuscript entitled "World War 11 Memories of Normal Stanley Gibb Service No. VX5842 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion". The manuscript details the experiences of Private Gibb through the Greece and Crete c...MSS2051
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Gigney, Maurice E. (Private, b: 1923)
Manuscript
Maker: Gigney, Maurice E
Reminiscences, includes chapter on service with No 3 Mortar Platoon, 2/6 Battalion, during WWII. Mentions training at Dubbo and Cunungra, service in New Guinea, particularly Aitape-Wewak and House Cop...MSS1584
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GILBERT, Maric, J (Eddie) (Private, b: 1921)
Manuscript
Maker: Gilbert, Maric Jeggo (Eddie)
Typescript memoir entitled: "Ambon 1941 -1945 Recollections of a Survivor". This memoir provides a well written, observant and detailed recollection of Gilbert's experience as a prisoner of war on Amb...MSS1651
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Giles, Francis John (VX39092, Staff Sergeant, 2/5th Field Hygine Section)
Manuscript
Maker: Mauri, Frank
Manuscript entitled "The Lost Years" by Frank Mauri (Pen name of F.J. Giles, VX39092). Details the experiences of the author through the Second World War. First chapters deal with enlistment, prelimin...MSS2027
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Gillies, Lloyd (Able Seaman, b.1923 - d.2010)
Manuscript
Maker: Gillies, Lloyd
Collection relating to B3753 Able Seaman Lloyd Gillies who served with the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. Comprises a typed memoir written by Lloyd Gillies describing his wartime e...MSS2123
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Glastonbury , D I
Manuscript
"The Air Training Corps in Australia". Examines the formation and development of the Air Training Corps, its achievements as a war time organisation and the Corps in relation to peace time considerati...MSS1100
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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
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Glen, Frank Grenfell (Chaplain, b: 1933)
Manuscript
Maker: Glen, Frank Grenfell
Manuscript titled "A study of the chaplains role, related to social and religious convictions of RAAF personnel: a study of material researched on RAAF Base Williamtown and RAAF Base Wagga Wagga 1971-...MSS1260