| Places |
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| Accession Number | PR00321 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 4 items |
| Object type | Diary, Copy |
| Maker |
Parry-Okeden, William Nugent Fitzmaurice |
| Date made | 1942-1945 |
| Access | Open with exceptions |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 93/0225 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Parry-Okeden, William Nugent (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1910 - d.1982)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Colonel William Parry-Okeden DSO. The collection consists of photocopied diaries describing active service in New Guinea, training in Australia, and a lecture tour of India. Comments on American forces, British officers, Australian command, and the high esteem he had for Australian troops. Includes detailed descriptions of several campaigns, and evidences the writer's feelings about numerous aspects of the war from a fighting commander's perspective.
Related information
Conflicts
Places
- Asia: India
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak Madang Area
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak Madang Area, Alexishafen
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak Madang Area, Madang Area