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Accession Number | AWM2019.22.107 |
Collection number | PR06252 |
Collection type | Digitised Collection |
Record type | File |
Item count | 1 |
Object type | Diary |
Physical description | 23 Image/s captured |
Maker |
Lewtas, Keith Lindsay |
Place made | Korea |
Date made | 1950-1951 |
Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 |
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, 'Korean Campaign', 1950-1951
Description
Diary related to the Korean War service of 3/45087 Sergeant Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 3 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. This diary written between 27 September 1950 and 13 July 1951 mentions: the trip from Japan to Korea and the initial set up of the battalion; a battle at Sinanju; the force of the Chinese army; his worry over his mother being dangerously ill and his is stuck in Korea; the dissatisfaction of the leave arrangements and his return to Japan.