| Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR00109 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Goodman, Christopher Ernest Selby, David Mayer |
| Place made | Australia, Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 92/0050 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Selby, David Mayer (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1906 - d.2002)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant David Selby, 2/22 Battalion, New Britain. Collection consists of a short handwritten note by Captain Goodman to Major Owen referring to the rescue of a party of troops (one of which was Selby) surviving after the capture of Rabaul by the Japanese in 1942. Two other items were written by Lt Selby for Major Owen: Standing Orders of OP [Observation Post], Drina, 18 March 1942; and Order of Evacuation, 22 March 1942. Also included is a news clipping from the Sydney Daily Telegraph, 14 February 1942, mounted on board and illustrated, reporting the action of an anti-aircraft battery in Rabaul commanded by Lt David M Selby; plus two telegrams dated April 1942, sent to Selby's wife and mother, following his rescue from Rabaul.