Moxham, Cyril Aubrey Hergest (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.1978) Accession Number: PR05956

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Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX68324 (NX70915) Lieutenant (Lt) Cyril Aubrey Hergest Moxham who served with 2/2 Australian Machine Gun Battalion including a period with the Released Prisoners of War & Internees Reception Centre, Labuan. Comprises six documents: Commission, Certificate of Discharge, Entitlement to War Gratuity account, Demobilisation Form, Permission slip to be in possession of a pistol, and a copy of typed half page letter of thanks from Major General J. S Lethbridge, to Major General G.F Wootten CBE DSO, dated 28 November 1943. A separate Private Records Collection [PR05207] contains three letters written to Lt Moxham in 1945, and an illustrated map of the Tami Islands hand drawn by Lt Moxham in 1943. Also related to this collection are three Nominal Rolls listing the names of military and civilian prisoners of war who were repatriated from Kuching and Singapore via Labuan in September to October 1945, located in the Official Records Collection AWM254 [362] - [364].

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Accession Number
PR05956
Maker
Various
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Certificate
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1941-46
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
6
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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