| Places | |
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| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.64 |
| Collection number | PR06252 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 61 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Lewtas, Keith Lindsay |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland, New Guinea |
| Date made | 1944-1945 |
| 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, 1944-1945
Description
Diary related to the Second World War service of VX5354 Sergeant Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 2/2 Field regiment. This diary written between 18 April 1944 31 December 1945 mentions: continued surveying training in Queensland; playing hockey for the regiment; recreation activities he undertakes while training; the move to New Guinea; giving up his other roles to increase his surveying duties; his activities while in New Guinea; his picking up clerking duties; the news of the German surrender and the capture of Berlin; attacks of the Japanese around the Wewak area; the praise given to the regiment by the commanding officer in June 1945; the surrender of Japan and the end of the war; his leaving the 2/2nd Field Regiment being accepted into the 67th Infantry Battalion as part of British Commonwealth Occupation Force and ends with a list of suitable subjects for debate.