| Places | |
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| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.276 |
| Collection number | PR00873 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Memoir |
| Physical description | 28 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Maher, Eric Francis |
| Date made | 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Memoir of Eric Francis Maher, 1945
Description
Memoir relating to the Second World War service of 404448 Flight Lieutenant Eric Francis Maher, No. 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
This collection contains a typescript memoir by Eric Francis Maher titled, "My experiences as a prisoner of war in Germany June 8th 1942 - Sept. 8th 1944". Flt Lt Maher was shot down over Holland on 8 June 1942, spent time in hospital in Amsterdam and was then a prisoner of war in six different camps in Europe until he was repatriated back to Australia at the end of the Second World War. The narrative contains details of the medical treatment of himself and other blind and injured POWs, daily routines, food rations, escape plans, entertainment, his impressions of the German military and his emotions on being liberated.