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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 DSO MID (Lieutenant-Colonel, b.1910 - d.1982)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant-Colonel William Parry-Okeden. 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.
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- Asia: India
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
- Oceania: New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area
- Oceania: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
- Oceania: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna
- Oceania: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda
- Oceania: New Guinea, Wewak Madang Area
- Oceania: New Guinea, Wewak Madang Area, Alexishafen
- Oceania: New Guinea, Wewak Madang Area, Madang Area