| Accession Number | AWM2021.22.70 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | PR03098 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Newspaper cutting |
| Physical description | 168 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Peck, John Desmond Various |
| Place made | Australia, Italy, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1956 - 1958 |
| 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. |
Wallet 3 of 5 - Italian and English newspaper clippings, 1956-1958
Peck, John Desmond (Lieutenant, b.1922 - d.2002)
- Series 6 – English and Italian newspaper clippings, 1937-1961
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Description
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.
Series 6 contains 5 wallets.
Wallet 3 of 5 – Contains 28 clippings and extracts of English and Italian newspapers from 1956-1958.
This collection also includes copies of the following short stories and novels published as serials:
‘Operation Jericho’ by Sandy Sanderson, illustrated by Raymind Sheppard
‘These Men are Dangerous’ by Derrick Harrison
‘Take This Woman Alive’ by Elena Cura
‘The Office of Secret War’ by Colonel Maurice Buckmaster
and ‘They Lived to Fight Again’ by James Leasor