Series 9 - Papers associated with Roger Absalom, Bill Bunbury and Bill Rudd, c.1978 - c.1999

Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine, Greece, Crete, Italy, Switzerland and England, 1939-c. 2000.

This collection contains 12 series

Series 9 of 12 - Contains 1 wallet containing papers associated with Roger Absalom, Bill Bunbury and Bill Rudd, c. 1978 - c. 1999. This includes lists, drafts, copies of reports, copies of maps, and copies of published material.

The following published material is included in this collection:

Extract from ‘A Strange Alliance. Aspects of escape and survival in Italy 1943-45’ by Roger Absalom

Extract from ‘Naples '44’ by Norman Lewis, published by Collins, 1978

‘Ex prigionieri Alleatie Assistenza Poplare Nella Zona Della Linea Gotica 1943-44’ by Roger Absalom, in Linea Gotica 1944 Eserciti, poplazioni, partigiani, published by Franco Angeli

Extract ‘Chronik: Uber Den Kriegseinlatz Des Zollgrenzlchutzes In Italien’ by Bzkom G-Darele

‘Per una storia di sopravvivenze. Contadini Italiani e progioneri evasi britannici’ by Roger Absalom, published in Italia Contemporanea, September 1980

‘Il Mondo Contadino Toscano e la Guerra: 1943-45. Alcune Modeste Proposte per una Storia da Fare’ by Roger Absalom, published in Passato e Presenta: Rivista di storia contemporanea

‘Il monte Rosa è sceso a Milano’ by Pietro Secchia and Cino Moscatelli, published by Giulio Einaudi editore

‘Un australiano tra i partigiani biellesi’, by Malcolm R Webster, published in l’impregno

Duplicates in this collections have not been digitised.

• Folder 1 of 2 - Correspondence with researchers, 1986 – 1999
• Folder 2 of 2 - Papers and research material relating to Roger Absalom’s research