| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.184 |
| Collection number | AWM2016.246.3 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Folder |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 95 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Mawson, Arthur Various |
| Place made | Australia, British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Egypt, French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Syria |
| Date made | 1941-1942 |
| 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. |
Folder 2 of 2 - Papers relating to the Second World War service of Arthur Mawson, 1941-1942
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX38691, B3/22 Major Arthur Mawson, Salvation Army, Libya and Palestine, 1941-1942.
Folder 2 of 2: Contains a variety of material relating to Mawson's Second World War service. Includes Major Mawson's wartime passport; a Mentioned in Despatches certificate dated 30 December 1941; one letter dated 28 January 1942 addressed to Major Mawson apologising for delaying a meeting; one map of Palestine, scale 1:500 000, published by 'Geographica' Jerusalem, c.1941; one grey-covered 'Handbook of English-Arabic and Hebrew' issued by the AIF; one copy of 'Services Guide to Cairo' 'published by the co-ordinating council for welfare work in Egypt'; two miscellaneous sheets of paper with personal reminder notes; one card advertising the AIF Women's Association; one copy of 26th Australian Infantry Battalion movement instructions dated 20 April 1942; one sheet mentioning the number of students at various Middle Eastern Salvation Army schools, 1942; a copy of the 'South Melbourne Giggle Sheet', a troopship serial discussing affairs and news in South Melbourne; and two newspaper clippings related to the Salvation Army during the Second World War.