Moline, Arthur John (Flight Lieutenant, b.1910 - d.1995)

Places	North & Central America: United States of America, California, San Diego Oceania: Australia Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Rathmines Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Bowen Oceania: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Oceania: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Kokoda Oceania: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Northern Province, Gona Oceania: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna Oceania: Pacific Islands Oceania: Pacific Islands, New Caledonia, Noumea Oceania: Papua, Port Moresby Oceans: Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Solomon Sea
Accession Number	PR85/385
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type	Document, Log book
Maker	Moline, Arthur John
Place made	Australia, Netherlands East Indies, New Guinea, Pacific Islands: New Caledonia, Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, United States of America
Date made	1941-1985
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM315 419/072/020
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions	Copying is permitted for the purposes of research and study, subject to physical condition, Copying permitted subject to physical condition
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of 401475 Flight Lieutenant Arthur John Moline, Air Force Headquarters, Australia, New Guinea, United States of America, Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1944, 1980, 1984.

Wallet 1 of 1 – This wallet contains facsimiles of documents relating to Moline's service. These documents include 1 flying logbook (divided into two) spanning the period 20 August 1941 to 19 December 1944 of Moline’s service across Australia, New Guinea, the Netherlands East Indies, and the United States in PBY Catalinas and Avro Ansons; 1 brief diary discussing flying duties spanning the period 26 May to 8 August 1942; 2 written accounts of different missions undertaken by Catalinas, one is dated 13 December 1942 and discusses action over the Solomon Islands where Moline spotted and followed a fleet of Japanese ships towards Mambare Bay, the second contains various accounts of missions in the Pacific during 1942 including a mission over the Kokoda trail in December 1942; 1 annotated newspaper article dated 1 May 1980 discussing the role of Catalinas in the Battle of the Coral Sea with particular reference to A24-12 (Moline's plane); 1 letter from 14933 Flying Officer Jack Stuart Riddell to Moline dated 30 November 1984 discussing the role of Catalinas in the Pacific particularly over Rabaul; and 5 miscellaneous documents.