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| Accession Number | PR82/190 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 5 cm; Wallet/s: 3 |
| Object type | Diary, Papers |
| Maker |
Derrick, Thomas Currie |
| Date made | 1940-1945 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/026/021 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Derrick, Thomas Currie, VC, DCM (Lieutenant, b.1914 - d.1945)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX7964 Lieutenant Thomas Currie Derrick, 2/48 Battalion. Collection consists of black and white photocopies of diaries detailing service in the AIF from enlistment at Woodside (South Australia); training in Palestine; action at Derna, Tobruk, Tel El Aisa; jungle warfare training in Northern Queensland; movement to New Guinea - including the landing at Lae, the battle for Sattelberg and later final entries for Tarakan, prior to his death on 24 May 1945.
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Conflicts
Places
- Africa: North Africa, Libya
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Derna
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, Tel el Eisa
- Asia: Borneo
- Asia: Borneo, Tarakan
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae