The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mixed collection containing diaries, official and private correspondence, certificates and awards, remembrance service programs, obituaries and tributes relating to Captain Owen Williams' service in New Guinea, and his death at Aitape while dressing wounds under fire. The diaries (October 1942 to June 1943) describe his experiences as a Medical Officer with the 2/2 Field Ambulance at Bena Bena, Wau and Salamaua, while the letters to his family (1945) describe his experiences as Regimental Medical Officer with the 2/4 Battalion in the Aitape-Wewak area. The collection includes his Mentioned in Despatches Certificate and his Warrant of Appointment to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), as well as sympathy letters from relatives, friends of the family, and former teachers at the King's School, Parramatta, the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, attesting to Captain Williams' great personal qualities.
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3236 Private Amos Edward Williams, 14th Infantry Battalion and 55th Infantry Battalion, Australia, France, Belgium, and United Kingdom, 1916-1918.
Collection relating to the First World War service of 7475 Sergeant Percy Gladstone Williams (known as "Pidge"), 15 Battery, 5 Field Artillery Brigade, France. Collection consists of letters written
DIARIES KEPT BY DOCTOR ANDERSON DETAILING HIS EXPERIENCES IN MEDICAL HOSPITALS IN FLANDERS AND MESOPOTAMIA. THE ENTRIES DESCRIBE MEDICAL TREATMENT GIVEN TO SOLDIERS, TROOP MOVEMENTS AND HIS DAILY ROUT
Letters to family describe service in Egypt and Palestine with 6 Squadron, 2nd Remount Unit and AIF Canteen, ANZAC Mounted Division. Mentions duties, mail, sightseeing and home news. Includes narrativ
Diaries relating to the First World War service of 3236 Private Amos Edward Williams, 55 Battalion, France and Britain, 1916-1919. Wallet 1 of 1 consists of three diaries written by Williams during h
Diaries written by Captain John Harley Meads while serving with the 18th Battalion during the First World War. Detailed entries describe the front-line infantryman's experiences of patrols and fatigu