| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.32 |
| Collection number | PR02080 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Memoir |
| Physical description | 29 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Ellerman, Austin Yeats |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c.1995 |
| 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. |
Memoir of Austin Ellerman Yeats
Description
Memoir relating to the Second World War service of VX50052 Captain Austin Yeats Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion, Australia, c 1955.
The 29-page typescript, entitled 'Austin in the Army - Reminiscences', describes Captain Ellerman's Second World Service. The memoir includes his training in the Bathurst area with the 38th Militia Battalion, the Bendigo Regiment, transfer to command of 9th Platoon, A Company, 2/29th Battalion, exchange duty with the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, active service against the Japanese in Malaya and Singapore, unwilling surrender and experiences as a POW in Changi, forced labour on the Burma Thailand Railway, and his return to Changi in 1944 and subsequent release.