Boniface, George Wesley (4th Engineer, M V Neptuna)

Place	Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
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.

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