| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR00042 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 2 cm |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Lattin, Patrick Joseph |
| Place made | Australia, Germany |
| Date made | 1941-1992 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 92/0163 |
| 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. |
Lattin, Patrick Joseph (Private, b.1915 - d.1993)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX50 Private Patrick Joseph Lattin, 2/12 Battalion. Collection consists of a diary kept in a notebook (and copy) written by Lattin while a prisoner of the Germans. It contains drawings, names of fellow POWs, and diary of forced marches February-May 1945. Also included in the collection is a retrospective account of his POW experiences, first in Italy, and subsequently in Germany and Poland. In it Lattin comments on the attitude of his captors, food, work, forced marches, and the treatment of Russians and Jews. Lattin was an intelligence specialist in 2/12 Battalion, who was captured at Tobruk in 1941.
See also MSS1586, the collection relating to James Harold Wright of the same battalion, who was with Lattin throughout the period described.