| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1 |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR03217 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Memoir |
| Maker |
Howley, Martin Leonard |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 2003 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Period 1940-1949 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Howley, Martin Leonard (Chief Petty Officer Cook, b.1917)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of R22674 Petty Officer Cook Martin Leonard Howley, Royal Australian Navy, 1948-1949.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection comprises a handwritten three-page memoir describing working and living conditions at HMAS Tarangau base in New Guinea, and Lobrum Point, Manus Island. Howley relates anecdotal information about clearing land mines, policing the sale of war material by Americans to the Chinese and relationships between the locals and the Australian navy.