Widdows, Robert (Stoker) Accession Number: PR00033

Description

Diary kept while serving aboard HMAS Arunta. Comments on sea trials, submarine patrols and attacks with depth charges, Japanese air attacks, refits at Cockatoo and Newcastle dockyards, convoy escort duty, mostly on the Australian east coast and up to New Guinea.

Details

Accession Number
PR00033
Maker
Robert Widdows
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Diary
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1942
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 92/0104
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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