Harris, A (Private, 39th Bn, AMF)

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
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
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.