Eves, Wallace Alfred (Wally) (Able Seaman, b.1922) ; Green, Allan Thomas (Able Seaman, b.1924)

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Accession Number PR03385
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Papers
Maker Eves, Wallace Alfred (Wally)
Green, Allan Thomas
Place made Australia
Date made 2003
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Collection relating to the service of Able Seaman Alan Green and Able Seaman Wallace Alfred Eves, HMAS Bendigo, Royal Australian Navy, during the Second World War. The collection comprises correspondence between Eves, Green and his brother Stan in October 2003 describing events aboard HMAS Bendigo during its defence of the east coast of Australia during 1942-43. Other papers include an extract of a magazine article describing the attack by Japanese midget submaries in Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942 and a list of ships sunk along the eastern coast of Australian during 1942-43.