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| Accession Number | PR00464 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 item |
| Object type | Memoir |
| Maker |
Searle, Jack C |
| Date made | 1942-1946 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 94/0884 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Searle, Jack C (Stoker)
Description
All at sea in the Senior Service: the light-hearted memoirs of an ex-stoker' is the story of Stoker Searle's war service with the RAN. The memoirs detail his enlistment and training, his family's reaction to his enlistment, the living condition on board a landing ship, the constant bad food, being attached to US 7th Amphibious Fleet, being attacked by the Japanese, aircrafts, the ship having a pig 'Denise' as a mascot, carrying occupation troops to Ambon, Rabual and Japan, and carrying other troops home to Australia.
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Conflicts
Places
- Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan
- Asia: Borneo, Brunei Bay Area
- Asia: Borneo, Tarakan
- Asia: Japan
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Pulau, Ambon
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Humboldt Bay, Hollandia
- Asia: Philippines, Leyte
- Asia: Philippines, Luzon, Lingayen Gulf
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul