| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.264 |
| Collection number | PR84/370 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter, Typescript |
| Physical description | 25 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Robertson, Horace Clement Hugh |
| Date made | 1941-1953 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Wallet 78A of 90 - Papers relating to the 19 Australian Infantry Brigade in the 1941 Libyan Campaign, 1941-1953
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 78A of 90 - Wallet consists of two letters between Lieutenant General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson and Lieutenant General Frank Horton Berryman dated 22 July 1953 and 4 August 1953, and Robertson's 22-pages typescript titled "19 Australian Infantry Brigade: Diary of events, Libyan Campaign, by Brigadier H.C.H. Robertson D.S.O. commanding 19 Australian Infantry Brigade", dated 23 February 1941. Robertson's report covers the period December 1940-February 1941, and events involving the 19 Australian Infantry Brigade at the battles of Bardia, Tobruck and Derna in January 1941.