| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.65 |
| Collection number | PR06252 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 228 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Lewtas, Keith Lindsay |
| Place made | Japan |
| Date made | 1946-1950 |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) |
| 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, 1946-1950
Description
Diary related to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force and Korean War service of VX5354 and 31997 Sergeant Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 67th Infantry Battalion and 3RAR. This diary written between 6 March 1946 and 12 August 1950 mentions: Dance halls in Japan; meeting and dances with Japanese girls; Victory Day in 1946; the selling of his unwanted cigarettes and chocolates to Japanese girls; his working the canteen; stories of the hardships faced by the Japanese; the treatment of Japanese girls after the increase in VD amongst the soldiers; leave in Tokyo and other places in japan; his attendance at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East; issues while working in the battalion canteen; leave home in Australia in 1947; compulsory education scheme; the move to Okayama and back to Hiroshima; his being award the Efficiency Medal; his appointment into the Regular Army Special Reserve in 1948; the disappointment of the battalion to have to return to Australia; the outbreak of the Korean war and the increase of troops preparing for the Korean War.
Also included are photographs of Lewtas and a Japanese girl he met [Mitchi]; postcards; letters from Japanese girls he meets and newspaper clippings.