Booklet 1 - Booklet of memoirs written by Major Henry Charles David Marshall, c.1942

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Accession Number AWM2020.22.278
Collection number PR03058
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Object type Memoir
Physical description 21 Image/s captured
Maker Marshall, Henry Charles David
Place made Germany: Spangenberg
Date made c.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.
Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX34 Major Henry Charles David Marshall, DSO, ED and bar, 2/7 Battalion, 1939-1945.

Wallet 1 of 5 – Booklet 1 (pp.1-36) - This booklet covers the period when Marshall left for the war, the boat journey to Palestine and his time in Palestine (1939-1940). The 2/7 Infantry Battalion trained in Palestine and Egypt before going into battle in North Africa, Greece and Crete. The inside of the cover reads “This book is private and for the perusal of my wife only. It is not to be shown to anyone without my permission.”