Wallet 30 of 90 - Papers relating to the Battle of Bardia, 1941

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Accession Number AWM2020.22.263
Collection number PR84/370
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Wallet
Item count 1
Object type Map, Typescript, Papers
Physical description 23 Image/s captured
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Collection relating to the military career of VX20308 Lieutenant General Frank Horton Berryman, KCVO, CB, CBE, DSO, GHQ SWPA, GOC East (Md), 7 Australian Division (formerly 2 Corps, Land Headquarters (LHQ), 2 Australian Divisional Artillery, 5 Australian Field Artillery Brigade, 14 Australian Field Artillery Battery, 18 Australian Field Artillery Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, 6 Australian Division), 1920-1953.

Wallet 30 of 90 - Wallet consists of an unsigned handwritten note relating to the publication of two articles on Bardia and Tobruk, two annotated maps of the Bardia area showing the first and last phase of the attack on Bardia by the 6 Australian Division (16 Australian Brigade and 17 Australian Brigade) and the 7 Armoured Division from 3-5 January 1941, and an annotated 18-page typewritten report on the Battle of Bardia titled 'The Battle of Bardia: The A.I.F.'s First Battle in World War II', by the Directorate of Military Training, Australian Head Quarters.