The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX72770 Corporal James Robert Whittaker, Australian Army Service Corps Section Gull Force, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1941-1942.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of six letters, one Christmas card, one sympathy letter and one commemorative scroll relating to Corporal James Robert Whittaker’s service with the Australian Army Service Corps Section Gull Force, in Australia and the Netherlands East Indies in 1941 and 1942. The six letters and Christmas card were sent by Corporal Whittaker to his sister, Mrs Dorothy Eileen Shannon (née Whittaker), and his father, Mr James Ernest Whittaker, and date between April 1941 and December 1941. In his letters, Corporal Whittaker writes about his enlistment, making friends, undergoing training in Goulburn, and waiting for embarkation in Darwin. The sympathy letter and commemorative scroll were issued by representatives of King George VI after the death of Corporal Whittaker at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, on 20 February 1942, while he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX31064 Corporal Richard Robert James Ambrose, 2/30 Battalion. Collections consists of letters to family written during 1941 and early 1942 detai
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX2214 Private James Henry Robert Smith, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Syria, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of o
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3802 Corporal Colin Campbell Paterson, 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade. Consists of assorted black and white photographs including some of
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX33835 Corporal Ronald Eugene Sullivan, 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps, Malaya and Australia, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX42674 Corporal Thomas James Williams, 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Australia, 1941-1945. W
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX7324 Private Leonard James Horwood, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Malaya,1941. Wallet 1