Folder 1 of 3 - Handwritten draft and chapter outlines for Captive in Crete, c. 1950

Peck, John Desmond (Lieutenant, b.1922 - d.2002)

- Wallet 1 of 3 - Handwritten draft, chapter outlines, aerial photographs, correspondence, notes and research material for Captive in Crete; Newspaper articles relating to Lieutenant Peck’s experiences as an escaped prisoner of war on Crete, c. 1950 - c. 1990

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Places	Europe: Greece, Crete, Galatas Europe: Greece, Crete, Klima Europe: Greece, Crete, Sfakia
Accession Number	AWM2021.22.88
Collection number	PR03098
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Folder
Item count	1
Object type	Papers
Physical description	219 Image/s captured
Maker	Peck, John Desmond
Place made	United Kingdom: England
Date made	c. 1950
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 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.

Folder 1 of 3 - Contains a handwritten draft and chapter outlines of John Desmond Peck’s unpublished memoir Captive in Crete. The notes are written on the back of scrap paper.

This draft was written c. 1950