Wallet 1 of 1 - Diary of George Ireland Woodgate, January - August 1941

Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Bardia Area, Bardia Asia: Ceylon, Colombo Europe: Greece, Athens, Piraeus Europe: Greece, Crete, Suda Bay Europe: Greece, Peloponnese, Kalamata Mediterranean: Aegean Sea Mediterranean: Malta Mediterranean: Mediterranean Sea Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Haifa Middle East: Yemen, Aden Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle
Accession Number	AWM2020.22.302
Collection number	AWM2017.99.1
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Wallet
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	34 Image/s captured
Maker	Woodgate, George Ireland
Place made	At sea
Date made	1941
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.

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Accession Number

AWM2020.22.302

Collection number

AWM2017.99.1

Collection type

Digitised Collection

Record type

Wallet

Item count

Object type

Diary

Physical description

34 Image/s captured

Maker

Woodgate, George Ireland

Place made

At sea

Date made

1941

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.

Collection relating to the Second World War service of 19590 Petty Officer George Ireland Woodgate, HMAS Perth, Royal Australian Navy, At sea, 1941.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains a handwritten diary kept by George Ireland Woodgate while serving in HMAS Perth during the period 1 January to 12 August 1941. Woodgate records his experiences in HMAS Perth during a period the light cruiser was primarily tasked with escort and patrol duties across the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. He writes about transporting troops, ports of call, going ashore for periods of leave, coordinating with the British Mediterranean Fleet, encounters with enemy submarines and E-boats, regular air raids and repelling dive bombers. He also records longer and more detailed entries on a number of notable events including the Battle of Cape Matapan, a failed attempt to evacuate Allied troops from Kalamata in Greece, the Battle of Crete and the subsequent evacuation of Allied troops from Crete. Closing diary entries cover his return voyage to Australia via Aden and Colombo.