| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR00787 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1cm |
| Object type | Diary |
| Maker |
Vernon, Geoffrey Hampden |
| Date made | 1942-1943 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 96/0851 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Vernon, Geoffrey Hampden (Captain, b.1882 - d.1946)
Description
Diary titled "diary of field services on the Owen Stanley-Buna campaign, 1942", covering the period of June 1942 to March 1943. Typewritten entries describe the medical duties at various places while retreating, and then advancing along the Kokoda Trail. Entries particularly describe the poor health and exhaustion of the carriers used on the Track, and also mention administering aid to villagers, sanitation conditions, and working despite attacks of fever. Additional handwritten entries, on reverse sides of typewritten pages, include: notes on quarantine issues, especially the vaccination of difficult patients, staff issues and orders, and a hand-drawn map: "Operations at Kokoda 28/29 July 1942".