| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.61 |
| Collection number | PR06252 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 56 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Lewtas, Keith Lindsay |
| Place made | Greece: Crete, North Africa: Libya |
| Date made | 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Diary of Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 1941
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War, British Commonwealth Occupation Force [BCOF], and Korean War service of VX5354, 3/45087 and 31997 Warrant Officer Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 1938-1964.
Wallet 3 of 6 - Item 2 - Diary related to the Second World War service of VX5354 Gunner Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 2/2 Field regiment. This diary written between 1 January and 24 October 1941 mentions: the capture of thousands of Italian prisoners of war; his conversation with an Italian prisoner of war who came from Mildura; his movement around the Middle East; a 20 minute address by Prime Minister Robert Menzies thanking the troops; his leave in Bengazi and Jerusalem; a musketry competition; his transfer to the 4th Field Battery; leave in Alexandria; the move to Greece; Battle of Thermopylae; the evacuation from Crete; how he was commanded to go back to surveying due to the lack of trained surveyors; the story his hears of occupied Poland from a girl who recently escaped to Tel Aviv and his leave to the Beirut area to visit his brother Eric.