The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Memoir written by Jack William Fenton Liley, "Jack's war" documenting his service with the Royal Australian Air Force in the Second World War. Liley describes his aircrew training in Australia and England, action in North Africa with the 40 Squadron RAF and his capture by the Italians after parachuting from a damaged aircraft. Liley became a prisoner of war moving between the camps Stalag Luft 1 in Barth Germany, Stalag Luft VI in Heydekrug, Lithuania and Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland. Liley writes in detail about the daily conditions of life in the camps and the forced marches in early 1945.
Manuscript written by Warrant Officier Henry John Bastian, "Harry, why we don't forget". Bastian documents his enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force as a trainee pilot, training at Tamworth an
Manuscript written by Joseph P O'Donnell, "The shoe leather express", documenting his experiences as an American prisoner of war of the Germans. O'Donnell describes his time with Australian prisoners
Manuscript written by Ronald Charles Mackenzie, "An ordinary war 1940-1945", based on diaries he kept during the Second World War. Mackenzie documents his training as a wireless air gunner in Austral
LETTERS AND TRANSCRIPT WRITTEN BY JACK LILEY TO HIS MOTHER WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY 1943-1944 DESCRIBING MAINLY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND CONDITIONS IN GENERAL TERMS
Papers of 404639 Warrant Officer Andrew Rymer documenting his service with the Royal Australian Airforce during the Second World War. His records include albums, souvenirs, service documents and log b
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX34693 Private Donald James Radnell, of the 2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion. Collection consists of a 47 page typed memoir titled 'I Enlisted