| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR03791 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1cm |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Commonwealth of Australia Douglas, Donald Far Eastern Liaison Office Government of Japan Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia |
| Place made | Australia, Australia, Australia, New Guinea1 |
| Date made | 1939-1945 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Douglas, Donald (Gunner, b.1919 - d.1997)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX18200 Gunner Donald Douglas, 2/9 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, New Guinea and Borneo, 1940-1945.
Collection contains: notebook, kept by Douglas, with addresses, Arabic vocabulary, and brief diary entries from mid-1941; certificate of enrolment for Douglas (Form U.3.), dated 3 January 1940; certificate of discharge for Douglas, dated 30 October 1945; receipt (A.A.F. - F.25a), relating to articles received by Douglas, 29 October 1940; soldier's identification book for Douglas, without original cover; Demobilization Procedure Book of Douglas (AAB 87); book, 'Soldiering in the tropics (S.W. Pacific Area)', January 1943; souvenir, 'Gracie Fields' Souvenir Programme', printed by the Far Eastern Liaison Office, 27 August 1945; Japanese propaganda leaflet, 'This bearer has ceased resistance', undated; welcome card from The Returned Sailors', Soldiers' & Airmen's Imperial League of Australia (RSSAILA) New South Wales Branch, undated; card with cartoon, 'When a full house beats four of a kind', undated.