Griffiths-Marsh, Roland

Accession Number MSS1024
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 volume
Object type Typescript
Maker Griffiths-Marsh, Roland
Date made 1945
Access Open
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Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

Excerpts from "At the edge of the sword" Marsh's autobiography. One section deals with his boyhood, the other his war time experiences following 1944 transfer from the 2/8 Infantry Battalion to "Z" Special Unit and subsequent involvement in Borneo in the Semut operations. A more up to date version can be found in "The Sixpenny Soldier " (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1990).