| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2018.101.1 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Moroney, William Mathew 'Bill' |
| Date made | c.1941 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Moroney, William Mathew (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.2006)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX10589 Sergeant William Mathew 'Bill' Moroney, 2/10 Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East, c.1941.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Collection consists of one three-page letter from Sergeant Moroney to his friend, Mrs Evelyn Hilda Redfern, written in c 1941 while he was serving in the Middle East. Sergeant Moroney may have worked at a water boling plant with Mrs Redfern’s husband, Thomas Redfern. In his letter, Sergeant Moroney writes about serving in Tobruk, Libya, an air raid in which some of his friends died, being on leave at Aleppo, Syria, helping people in a local Syrian village, the poor quality of food and water at Tobruk, and missing home.
History / Summary
Sergeant Moroney enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 5 December 1940. After a period of training in Australia and the Middle East, he joined the 2/10 Battalion and served in the Middle East and New Guinea. He was discharged on 30 November 1945.