The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A digital file (PDF) consisting of a 51-page typed illustrated manuscript titled "BOUGAINVILLE 1944-1945. Bougainville as one soldier saw it and lived it. His mission and his stories", written and compiled in 2011 by NX192276 Private (Pte) Bruce King. It includes descriptions and photographs of his experiences whilst serving with the Australian Army in Bougainville during the Second World War. Pte King's manuscript questions whether the Military's objectives were achieved in Bougainville, and whether it was worth the loss of life and wounding of so many young Australian servicemen. Also includes a one page Preface in which Bruce King explains his motivation for writing his manuscript, as well as a collection of stories collected by him from other soldiers also in Bougainville at the time, written under the pseudonym of 'Kanga'. Paper copy available for access.
Collection relating to the First World War service of 13645 Private Robert Allan Roberts, who served with the 6th Australian Field Ambulance. Collection consists a digital file (PDF) containing a 42 p
Manuscript titled 'As I Saw It: Being a very private soldier's recollections of a very public war'. Documenting the experiences of NX47831 Lance Sergeant Frank Rose who served in the Second World War,
Collection relating to the First World War service of 8669 MT Driver Alister Bailey Grimes who served with the 1st Australian Field Ambulance and, later, the 1st Australian Divisional Mechanical Trans
Spiral bound typed manuscript titled 'Scott's War Memoir' written by NX30406 Private (Pte) James Scott (known as Scott) Cuthbert Dill who served with 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion during the Second World
A typed 23 page illustrated manuscript titled 'A Sin Bosun, his family and the Vietnam War', by Pauline Lovitt. The manuscript relates to the Vietnam War service of O2008 Chaplain Roy Cecil Lovitt, R
Manuscript written by Joseph P O'Donnell, "The shoe leather express", documenting his experiences as an American prisoner of war of the Germans. O'Donnell describes his time with Australian prisoners