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MANUSCRIPT TITLED `RABAUL' DESCRIBES EXPERIENCES AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR WITH ADVANCED OPERATIONAL BASE (RABAUL) FROM JULY 1941 TO JANUARY 1942. DISCUSSES LIFE AND DUTIES PRIOR TO WAR WITH JAPAN, JAPANESE AIR RAIDS, AND THE EVACUATION OF ADVANCED OPERATIONAL BASE PERSONNEL AFTER THE BASE TRANSMITTER WAS DESTROYED.
Manuscript titled "Crete : May-June 1941", based on author's experiences on Crete with elements of the 19th Infantry Brigade. The manuscript describes aerial attack, paratroopers, retreat and evacuati
Manuscript titled `Playing For Keeps', recalling experiences as a wireless operator with 460 Squadron and Pathfinder Force. Discusses enlistment, training in Australia, Canada, and England, operationa
MANUSCRIPT TITLED "PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE BOMBING OF DARWIN - 1942". RECOUNTS AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES AS AN ENGINEER ON BOARD THE CARGO VESSEL "NEPTUNA", WHICH WAS SUNK IN THE AIR RAIDS OF FEBRUAR
Manuscript titled `Me We Us and Co: Rueben Gordon's War' describes experiences with L Special (or Heavy) Battery manning the fortress at Praed Point, New Britain. Mentions feelings about being sent as
Manuscript titled "Ian's Story". Describes the Second World War service of Ian Maxwell Young, 434669, RAAF, including his experiences at training school, with 460 Squadron and Bomber Command, 27 Opera
Manuscript titled `Mirror of time 1939-1945' describes reasons for enlisting, service with 2/32 Battalion in Palestine, Tobruk (discussing action on the Salient, engagements with Germans, air raids by