McLachlan, Archibald Duncan, M.B.E (1893-1970)

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Accession Number PR00101
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 54 items
Object type Papers
Maker McLachlan, Archibald Duncan
Date made 1935-1968
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 92/0101
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Period 1950-1959
Period 1960-1969
Second World War, 1939-1945
Period 1940-1949
Description

Mixed collection of speeches, letters, telegrams, cards, invitations, newspaper cuttings and signals covering Commander McLachlan's long RAN career. Included within the collection are signal about the Japanese surrender and the end of World War Two, letters from A.A. Calwell, R.G. Menzies, Lord Louis Mountbatten and Vice Admiral Sir John Collins and letters concerning the awarding of his M.B.E.