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Transcript of diary and recollection spanning WW2, includes time spent studying at Agricultural College where Harrison joined 6th Cavalry Mobile Veterinary Section. Describes service with RANR and RAN. Mentions work in Darwin with Boom Defence and Boom Ship HMAS "Karangi" in 1942/43, details air movements of allied naval and merchant ships, loss of HMAS Armidale. Harrison completed a gunnery course at Flinders Naval Depot, was then drafted to HMAS "Gascoyne", describes service at Hollandia, Leyte and Lingayen Gulf (for the invasion of the Philippines, mentions many air attacks), and Balikpapan. Describes Japanese suicide planes, use of depth charges, manning Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, VE Day in Melbourne, and Japanese surrender ceremony at Morotai. Includes newspaper cuttings and copies of photographs.
Certificate of service, newspaper cuttings, telegrams, diary spanning April 1940 to January 1941, kept by unknown author. Describes movements of HMAS Sydney from Australia to Alexandria, also around L
Autobiography of naval service titled "On His Majesty's Naval Service". Discusses training, convoy escorts with corvettes, river patrols aboard Fairmiles, and service aboard HMAS Arunta in the Philipp
Biographical manuscript summarising service experience of Able Seaman T.E. Legoe DSM during the Second World War. Details experiences onboard the HMAS Australia from 12 August 1944 to April 1945, incl
Bound and typed manuscript titled 'Tin Can Heroes: Max Grey's Story as told to Mary Kay'. Memoirs of Max Grey, crewman on HMAS Adelaide, Ararat and Australia in the Second World War. The manuscript a
Account of World War II history of HMAS Arunta, a Tribal Class destroyer in the RAN, compiled from a variety of sources. Mentions ship's first captain Commodore Morrow DSO DSC, use of radar and torped
A carbon copy typescript of diary kept by Able Seaman John Harrison Wheat while Prisoner of War (POW) in a Turkish POW camp. Describes construction of submarine AE2, vessel's subsequent history, voyag