Diary of Edward Lloyd Fleming, October 1945- March 1957

Places	Africa: Algeria, Algiers Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Europe: United Kingdom Europe: United Kingdom, England, Merseyside, Liverpool Europe: United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Brighton Mediterranean: Mediterranean Sea Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Merbein Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Mildura Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Perth Oceans: Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay Oceans: Indian Ocean
Accession Number	AWM2019.22.129
Collection number	AWM2017.167.1
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Item
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	37 Image/s captured
Maker	Fleming, Edward Lloyd
Place made	At sea, Australia, United Kingdom
Date made	1945-1957
Conflict	Period 1950-1959 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.

Places

Accession Number

AWM2019.22.129

Collection number

AWM2017.167.1

Collection type

Digitised Collection

Record type

Item

Item count

Object type

Diary

Physical description

37 Image/s captured

Maker

Fleming, Edward Lloyd

Place made

At sea, Australia, United Kingdom

Date made

1945-1957

Conflict

Period 1950-1959
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 relating to the Second World War service of 318689 Flying Officer Edward Lloyd Fleming, 550 Squadron.
This diary has entries written between 1 October 1945 and March 1957, and contains his account of his experiences of returning home to Australia after serving as a pilot in the Second World War. Some of these experiences include entraining from Brighton, embarking from Liverpool, sailing through the Gibraltar Strait, seeing solders exchange soap for alcohol with locals who met them in boats, bathing in salt water, attending the picture theatre and a sing-song on board the ship, sightseeing at Port Said, and living in very crowded conditions. Fleming also describes the landscapes that they pass on their journey, and occasionally accompanies his entries with illustrative sketches of humorous incidents. He records that their ship was met in Fremantle and Sydney harbours by large crowds of people, and that he finally entrained home to Melbourne and saw his family. Fleming’s diary concludes with an account of his time studying medicine under the Commonwealth Repatriation Training Scheme at Merbein and Mildura, Victoria, in 1947, and pictures of his parents from c. March 1957.