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Adams, Eric Kenneth (Pilot Officer, b: 1916 d: 1944.)
Manuscript
Maker: Adams, Eric Kenneth
Biography written by his brother, John C. Adams, covering childhood, education, and war service with RAAF. Discusses training at numerous Australian airfields and active service as a Navigator in a La...MSS1552
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Adams, Peter W DSC (Sub-Lieut. b: 1923)
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Maker: Adams, Peter W
Autobiography, including service in RAN with HMAS Shropshire during WW2. Discusses training, refitting of Shropshire including anti-aircraft radar, active service in waters off New Guinea and Philippi...MSS1428
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Air Attacks on Australia 1942 - 1943
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Maker: Lu, Kelly
"Air Attacks on Australia 1942 - 1943: Paradoxes and Contradictions" by Kelly Lu. Looking at the disagreements within the primary and secondary evidence regarding the air attacks on northern Australia...MSS1724
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Army Women's Services
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41 loose typed mimeographed pages outlining the history, rates of pay, conditions of service for Australian Army Women's Services, (Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Army Nursing Service and A...MSS0780
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Askey, Michael W. Major
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Maker: Askey, Michael W
"A definitive history of the participation of Australian Water Transport Units in World War II". Chapter cover the beginnings of water transport in 1941, the formation and development of main water tr...MSS0837
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A Sweet use of Adversity : Adult Education in the Australian Army in Two World Wars
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Maker: Dymock, Darryl Robert
Doctoral thesis titled "A Sweet use of Adversity : Adult Education in the Australian Army in Two World Wars". Examination and analysis of the AIF Education Service during W1 and the Australian Army Ed...MSS0713
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Atherton , Ms Lynda
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"War Memorials : society's recognition of the debt owed to those who went to war on its behalf". Undergraduate seminar paper examining the reasons behind the building of war memorials and discussing t...MSS1147
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Atkinson, Richard Ashley, DSO, DFC and Bar (Wing Commander b: 1913 d: 1944)
Manuscript
Maker: Atkinson, Bill
Manuscript titled 'Emmaville to Askvoll', outling the life of Wing Commander Atkinson who was killed while on active service with 235 SQN over Norway. Covers his early life, training in RAF Reserve, s...MSS1518
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Australian Civilian Voluntary Organisations, 1939 - 1945
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Maker: Crawley, Rhys
Manuscript written for Summer Scholar Program, Australian War Memorial, providing history of the various Australian Civilian Volutary Organisations.MSS1824
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Australian War Memorial Exhibition Catalogues
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PROOFS, TYPESCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER MATERIALS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CATALOGUES FOR EXHIBITIONS OF AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL WAR ARTISTS, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, THE NAVAL FORCES AND THE NAVAL PAINTI...MSS1335
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Barrie, John Keith MM (Sergeant, b.1914 - d.2005)
Manuscript
Maker: Barrie, John Keith
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX19782 Sergeant John Keith Barrie, MM. Collection consists of an autobiographical account of service behind Japanese lines in 1945 in Semut ope...MSS1532
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Bastian, Henry John (Warrant Officer) 1917-1989
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Maker: Bastian, Henry John
Manuscript written by Warrant Officier Henry John Bastian, "Harry, why we don't forget". Bastian documents his enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force as a trainee pilot, training at Tamworth an...MSS1566
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39 Battalion
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Research material compiled for use in the writing of "To Kokoda and Beyond: the story of the 39th Infantry Battalion, 1941-1943". Collection consists of official records, private accounts, interview...MSS1419
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Beecroft, James M (Jim) (418787, Flight Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Beecroft, Doug
"James Morrisson Beecroft: Letters, diary entries and transcripts relating to an Australian airman's life : from Australia to Europe 1942 - 1945". Manuscript relating to the service in the 42nd and 49...MSS1675
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Bell, Wilbur Athol (Athol) (NX2078, Regimental Sergeant Major, 2/2 Battalion, b. 1915 d. 1998)
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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
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Bence, Arthur Richard
Manuscript
Maker: Bence, Arthur
Poems describing feelings of voluntary enlistment, active service, and post war feelings.MSS1464
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Binns , Ms Bronwyn
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Notes compiled on the history of the 2/7 Infantry Battalion January to June 1941. These were used as background for episodes of the "Sullivans" television soap opera in 1977.MSS0779
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Boardman, David Ralph (Private b: 1919)
Manuscript
Maker: Boardman, David Ralph
Manuscript describing enlistment in AIF, assignment as a reinforcement to 2/9 Field Ambulance, duties at Mersing and Singapore. After capitulation, internment at Changi, then moved with `K' Force to v...MSS1617
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Bolton, H C and Rogers J S
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Maker: Bolton, H C and Rogers J S
Manuscript titled "The history of the Scientific Instruments and Optical Panel, initially Optical Munitions Panel, July 1940 - December 1946". Written in 1948 by J.S. Rogers (former secretary of the p...MSS1258
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Bonnin , M R
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Thesis "A study of Australian descriptive and travel writing 1929-1945". Analysis of the rise to popularity of travel and descriptive books in the 1930's. Discussion is set against the contemporary so...MSS1010
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Bourke, J P
Manuscript
Maker: Bourke, J P
Typescript in two parts titled "The Australian Soldier as Others See Him", comprised of extracts from published and unpublished sources such as newspapers, lectures, personal accounts. Documents and a...MSS0710
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Bowen, Stella
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Maker: Ostler, Mirabel
A researched memoir about Stella Bowen - 1895 - 1947. Contains information about her life and her paintings.MSS1823
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Bracht, William Henry (Petty Officer, b: 1916)
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Maker: Bracht, William Henry
Large manuscript titled `Memoirs in peace and war'. Covers service in RAN from enlistment in 1934. Describes service on HMAS Perth, including visit to 1939 World Fair in New York; outbreak of war; bei...MSS1576
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Brodribb, Noel Kenric Stevens (Director General of Munitions, b.1885 - d.1965)
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Maker: Brodribb, Noel Kenric Stevens
Copy of notes of an address by Mr Brodribb, Director General of Munitions, to Army Intelligence School. Covers overview munitions supply during the First World War, interwar period, development of mun...MSS0736
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Buckingham, Sid
Manuscript
Maker: Buckingham, Sid
3 albums of poems written by Sid Buckingham as a testimony to ex-servicemen and his 2/48th Battalion service.MSS0865
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Bunbury, Austin Edgar (V50174, Major, 7th Battalion)
Manuscript
Maker: Bunbury, Austin Edgar
"Family particulars and experiences during my life" by Major Austin Edgar Bunbury (V50174). Trained as an officer at the Royal Military College, Duntroon and appointed to the 7th battalion. The battal...MSS1728
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Callinan, Sir Bernard
Manuscript
Maker: Callinan, Bernard James
Talk presented by Sir Bernard Callinan to the United Services Institute of Victoria in June 1986 about "Independent Company Operations in Timor World War II". Discusses his own and others involvement ...MSS1129
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Cameron, William (8 Australian Survey Battery)
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Maker: Cameron, William James
Manuscript titled "Two Years in the Life of a Survey Battery", describing its work of improving topographical maps for defence purposes.MSS1388
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Canadian Radar Detachment
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Photocopied account titled `Canadians (radar) in the South Pacific', of Canadian Radar Detachment to Australia during 1944-1946, comprising of RCA, RCEME, and RCAPC personnel. Account compiled from of...MSS1589
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Carter, Leonard Ronald (Nick)(Stoker b: 1916)
Manuscript
Maker: Carter, Leonard Ronald
Manuscript describing experiences in the RAN during WWII. Describes service with HMAS Wato, mentioning Japanese air raids on Darwin and sinking of Australian and U.S. Ships, also mentions service with...MSS1597
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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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COLEBATCH , Hal
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Thesis "An examination of the sources, ideologies and political importance of peace movements in Australia from c. 1950 to 1965". Examines and documents key policies and strategies and forms of a numb...MSS1068
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Crane, Lucy Dorothea (Captain, b: 1914)
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Maker: Crane, Lucy Dorothea
Manuscript titled `What was it like to experience the Second World War?', recollects training and service in Melbourne and Enoggera with AWAS. Also describes period at Lae, New Guinea, mentioning an e...MSS1614
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Crawford, Sheila (d: 1946)
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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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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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Dack, Irwin John (Flying Officer), 1921 - , DFC, OAM
Manuscript
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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Dalton, Enid M (E M Herring) (Australian Women's Army Service)
Manuscript
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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D Company, 2/13th Battalion
Manuscript
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)
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
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Dellar, William Morris (Gunner, b: 1915)
Manuscript
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)
Manuscript
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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DONLON , Ross
Manuscript
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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Drijber, Oscar (Flight Lieutenant)
Manuscript
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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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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Easton, L, Lance Sergeant
Manuscript
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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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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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