Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
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Accession Number | PR83/034 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 2 ITEMS |
Object type | Papers |
Maker |
Harris, A |
Date made | 1942 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/042/020 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Harris, A (Private, 39th Bn, AMF)
Description
LETTER WRITTEN BY PTE HARRIS TO HIS MOTHER FROM PORT MORESBY DESCRIBING THE EARLY AIR RAIDS AND A POEM "HOW RIFLEMAN BROWN CAME TO VALHALLA", WRITTEN BY GILBERT FRANKAU. LETTER IS WRITTEN ON PAPER MADE FROM SOME SORT OF PLANT MATERIAL, POSSIBLY JAPANESE.