Oakes, Roland Frank

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Accession Number MSS0767
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 3 items
Object type Papers, Typescript
Maker Oakes, Roland Frank
Date made 1939-1951
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 419/077/023
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.
Description

Typescript series of chapters in which Oakes summarises Australia's participation in W2. Covers military and naval operations, medicine and medical services and the peace treaty with Japan. After his time as a prisoner of the Japanese, Oakes served with the 1st Australian War Crimes Section South East Asia Command.