The Pilbara Regiment

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Accession Number MSS1556
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 5 items
Object type Manuscript
Place made Australia
Date made 1994
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 94/0929
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Period 1990-1999
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Collection relating to the military service of Major James Francis "Jim" Truscott, Australian Army, 1994.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains post activity report, press release, copies of photographs, and personal narratives of Major Truscott related to Exercise Rimau Retrace. Major Truscott gives a brief description of events of Operations Jaywick and Rimau in 1943-1944, and of training exercises conducted by Headquarters Special Forces in 1993-94, retracing the routes of the original operations. Collection also includes a nominal roll of the original members of Operation Rimau and a map showing the route taken.