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| Accession Number | PR91/033 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 item |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Carleton, F L |
| Date made | 1941-1942 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 91/0093 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| 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. |
Carleton, F L (Sergeant)
Description
Journal typed up from notes made on scraps of paper. Discusses training, leave, garrisoning of Tobruk and battles there, German attacks on the perimeter, patrols, counter attacks, evacuation. Journal continues with his marriage in Jerusalem, and further active service in the Egyptian desert at Sidi Bishr, the coastal sector at El Alamein, salvage of stores and equipment, battle at Tel el Eisa, and the return to Australia.
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Conflicts
Places
- Africa: Egypt, Sidi Bishr
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, Tel el Eisa
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine
- Middle East: Syria