The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Journal typed up from notes made on scraps of paper. Discusses training, leave, garrisoning of Tobruk and battles there, German attacks on the perimeter, patrols, counter attacks, evacuation. Journal continues with his marriage in Jerusalem, and further active service in the Egyptian desert at Sidi Bishr, the coastal sector at El Alamein, salvage of stores and equipment, battle at Tel el Eisa, and the return to Australia.
Diary written by QX2992 Sergeant Len Hansen while serving with 2/15 Battalion in the Middle East. The diary covers most of 1942, from January to September including a period reorganising in Palestine
`Further thoughts on Special Signals in World War 2'. Short article discussing the breaking of the German Enigma code by British Intelligence. Contains background information on the deciphering of man
Illustrated transcript of three diaries written by Captain Arthur I Hare, 2/43 Battalion, during the Second World War. Entries cover the period December 1940-July 1942 and describes the Easter Battle
Citation for the award of the DCM following action at Tel El Eisa, July 1942; and later citation for the VC awarded to Sgt Derrick, 2/48 Battalion, following action at Satelberg, November 1943. Also
"Taradale to Tarakan". Memoir discusses the experiences of an artillery man in North Africa and the Pacific Theatres. Chapters cover the 14th battery training at Northam Camp, training in Palestine, a
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX9858 Private Arthur Stanley Gurney VC, 2/48 Australian Infantry Battalion, Egypt, 1942. The collection consists of a New Testament bible and a