O'Leary, Shawn

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Accession Number MSS0788
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 3 items
Object type Papers
Maker O'Leary, Shawn H
Date made 1939-1945
Access Open
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

(1) Bound typed manuscript (2) illustrations and (3) maps used in the history "To the green fields and beyond" history of 6th Australian Division Cavalry Commandos published in 1975. The manuscript covers unit activities from raising in 1939 through fighting Italians and Germans in African desert, Vichy French in Syrian Mountains, and as a dismounted commando unit, the Japanese in New Guinea and Borneo. Also time in Northern Territory.