Brayne, Allan Cecil (Sergeant, b.1922 - d.?)

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Accession Number PR03202
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Diary, Memoir
Maker Brayne, Allan Cecil
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Alice Springs, Australia: Northern Territory, Batchelor, Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin, New Guinea1
Date made 1942-1944
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Diaries of Sergeant Allan Cecil Brayne, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Entries document Brayne's work with 3 Radio and Installation and Maintenance Unit (RAAF maintenance units) in Alice Springs, Berrima and Darwin 1942. Brayne's entries for March-August 1942 describe flights by Japanese reconnaissance planes and raids on Darwin. Brayne later served in New Guinea in 1945 with 301 Radar Station.