| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.157 |
| Collection number | AWM2018.94.1 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 134 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Dunstan, William Dunstan, William 'Bill' |
| Place made | Egypt, India, United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | 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. |
Correspondence relating to William Dunstan, August - December 1945
Description
File of letters relating to the Second World War service of 309493 William 'Bill' Dunstan, 122 Battery, 178 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, South East Asian Command. This file has letters written from Bill Dunstan to his Father William Dunstan (a VC winner from the First World War) and mother as well as copies of letters from William Dunstan (as dictated to his secretary) to Bill. These letters, written between 2 August 1945 and 30 December 1945, mention: Bill's leave in London before being transferred to S.E.A.C.; contacts of William's which Bill might use to aid in his returning home to Australia; Bill's trouble in geting posted to a job after the war which is both interesting and will to get him closer to Australia and the issues with and treating of Bill's teeth.
This file contains:
Letter from Bill to Dad, London, 2 August [1945];
Letter from [William Dunstan] to Bill, Melbourne, 4 August 1945;
Letter from [William Dunstan] to Bill, 7 August 1945;
Typed copy of a letter from Bill to Mum, London, 8 August 1945;
Typed copy of a letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Dad and Mum, London, 17 August 1945;
Letter from [William Dunstan] to Bill, Melbourne, 24 August 1945 [includes extract of a letter from Keith to Family];
Typed copy of Letters from Bill to Mum and Dad and Son [Bill Dunstan] to Mum, London, 29 August 1945;
Letter from [William Dunstan] to Bill, 31 August 1945 [includes an extract of letter from Keith to Family];
Letter from [William Dusntan] to Bill, 1 September 1945;
Typed copy of a letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Mum London, 3 September 1945;
Letter from [William] Dunstan to the Manager, National Bank of Australiasia Ltd., 3 September 1945;
Telegram from [A J Chard] to [William] Dunstan, London 14 [September 1945];
Letter from [William Dunstan] to Bill, 25 September 1945;
Letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Mum, Kantara, Egypt, 25 September 1945 [includes transcription];
Letter from Bill to Dad, Kantara, Egypt, 27 September 1945 [includes transcription];
Letter from [William] Dunstan to Sir Iven Mackay, High Commissioner India, 27 September 1945;
Letter from [William Dunstan] to Roy Gollan [Trade Commissioner for Australia in India], 27 September 1945;
Letter from [William Dusntan] to Ken [Wallace Crabbe], 27 September 1945;
Letter from [William Dunstan] to Colonel Gordon S. Jenkins, 27 Septembr 1945;
Letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Mum, London, 6 October 1945 [includes transcription];
Typed copy of a letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Mum, 7 October 1945;
Letter from [William Dunstan] to Bowtell Harris, 11 October 1945;
Copy of a camblegram from [William Dunstan] to W [Bill] Dunstan, 11 October 1945;
Copy of a cablegram from Bill [William] Dunstan to Bowtell Harris, 11 October [1945];
Typed copy of a letter from Bill to Mum, 14 October 1945;
typed copy of a letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Family, 19 October 1945;
Typed copy of a letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Mum, at sea "somewhere east of Suez", 27 October 1945;
Typed copy of a letter from Bill to Mum, 31 October 1945;
Letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Mum, Deolali, India, 5 November 1945 [includes trancription];
Letter from[William Dunstan] to Bill, 5 November 1945;
Letter from Bill to Dad, Deolali, India, 6 November 1945 [includes trnacription];
Letter from Bill to Miss Roberston, Deolali, India, 9 November 1945;
Letter to Bill, 12 November 1945, dictated 10 November 1945;
Letter to George Caro, 12 November 1945, dictated 10 November 1945;
Letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Dad, Deolali, India, 12 November 1945 [includes transcription];
Letter from [George Caro] Gollin & Company to Bill [William Dunstan], Melbourne, 13 November 1945 [Includes Letter from Managing Director, Gollin & Company Pty. Ltd., to Colonel G.E.N. Everett, Melbourne, [undated]];
Letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Mum, Deolali, India, 14 November 1945 [includes transcription];
Letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Dad, Deolali, India, 16 November 1945;
Letter from Bill to Dad, Deolali, India, 21 November [1945];
Letter from [William] Dunstan to Colonel G.E.N. Everett, Toorak, 23 November 1945 [ Includes a copy of a letter from G.A. Caro to Colonel G.E.N. Everett, Toorak, November 1945];
Typed copy of a letter from Bill to Dad, Deolali, India, 27 November 1945;
Type copy of a letter from Son [Bill Dunstan] to Dad, Deolali, India, 1 December 1945;
Letter from [William Dunstan] to Bill, 3 December 1945;
Typed copy of a letter from Bill to Mum, Madras, 14 December 1945;
Letter from Bill to Dad, [Java], 30 December 1945 [includes transcription].