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Collection relating to the Second World War service of 400188 Flight Lieutenant Maurice Kennedy Burnside, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Egypt, Sudan and Libya, 1940-1945.
Wallet 1 of 4 - Consists of a notebook and a pocket diary. The notebook contains notes on aerial bombing Burnside recorded during training. He later used the notebook as a diary, with entries dated from 20 October 1941 to 16 September 1942. The pocket diary covers a similar period, with irregular entries between 8 February and 19 December 1941. Burnside describes serving with No. 113, 211, 11 and 55 Squadrons RAF, flying Blenheim and Baltimore aircraft, bombing raids, German attacks, crash landings and injuries.
Wallet 2 of 4 - Consists of a training notebook, flying logbook, identity pass and ephemera relating to Burnside's service in North Africa. The wallet includes a signed graduation dinner menu for No. 4 Observers Course (dated 4 March 1941), a notebook containing detailed notes from a course on astro-navigation, and Burnside's flying logbook, which records his training and operational service from 1 October 1940 to 2 May 1945. The wallet also includes a first-class ticket for a train from Cairo to Ismailiya [Ismailia, Egypt], Burnside's Royal Air Force identity card, and his Officer's Certificate of Service, date 31 January 1946.
Wallet 3 of 4 - Contains 72 individual photographs from Burnside's service in North Africa. The photographs depict landscapes and sites, informal and formal portraits of Burnside and his squadron mates, aircraft, aerial photographs, and the grave of 407080 Sergeant Michael Randell.
Wallet 4 of 4 - Contains 25 photographic negatives, taken during Burnside's training in Australia and service in North Africa.
Oversize 1 of 1 - Consists of an annotated photograph album, spanning Burnside's training in Australia and service in North Africa. The photographs depict Burnside and his course and, later, squadron mates, landscapes, historic sites, aircraft, and recreational moments.
Folio 1 of 1 - Contains a certificate of commission appointing Burnside an officer of the Citizen Air Force of the Commonwealth from 24 June 1943.
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Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX45320 Major Kennedy Byron Burnside, 2 Australian Mobile Bacteria Lab, prisoner of war, Singapore, Malaya, 1941-1945. The collection consists o
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 408001 Flight Lieutenant Michael Mayne Maxwell, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada and North Africa, 1940-1945. Wallet 1 of 3 - Consi
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 416458 Warrant Officer Ross George Rumsby, No. 3 Squadron RAAF, Australia, North Africa and Italy, 1935-1945. The collection consists of documen
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Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX44330 Driver Lionel Ford Turner, 2/101 Australian General Transport Company, Middle East, Australia, New Guinea, Bougainville, 1940-1946. Wall