Place | Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin |
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Accession Number | MSS1381 |
Collection type | Manuscript |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 1cm |
Object type | Manuscript |
Maker |
Boniface, George Wesley |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Wollongong |
Date made | 1987 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 91/0308 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
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. |
Boniface, George Wesley (4th Engineer, M V Neptuna)
Description
MANUSCRIPT TITLED "PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE BOMBING OF DARWIN - 1942". RECOUNTS AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES AS AN ENGINEER ON BOARD THE CARGO VESSEL "NEPTUNA", WHICH WAS SUNK IN THE AIR RAIDS OF FEBRUARY 1942. DESCRIBES SITUATION IN DARWIN AND HIS EVACUATION TO ADELAIDE. INCLUDES NOMINAL ROLL OF "NEPTUNA'S" CREW