Diary of Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 'Personal diary (improvised)', 1946

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Accession Number AWM2019.22.67
Collection number PR06252
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Diary
Physical description 11 Image/s captured
Maker Lewtas, Keith Lindsay
Place made Japan: Hiroshima, Netherlands East Indies: Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Date made 1946
Conflict 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.
Description

Diary related to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force service of VX5354 Sergeant Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 67th Infantry Battalion. This diary written between 1 January 1946 and 5 March 1946 mentions: New Years Eve 1945; sketch map of the 34th Infantry Brigade at Morotai; the unhappiness of the troops around the fact that they have yet to leave for Japan; the trip to Japan and his first impression of Japan and the bomb site at Hiroshima.