The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Detailed diaries (and transcript) covering service as a driver with the 6th and 9th Divisions, leave in Australia, and as a gunner in New Guinea. Entries cover attitude to army life, gambling and drinking, hospitalisation after being wounded at Tobruk, concern for his wife and children, attitude to the Japanese (including references to cannibalism), poems. The diaries were written principally to provide a personal record of his war service for his wife.
LETTERS HOME. NOT DETAILED. COVER SERVICE IN EGYPT, ON GALLIPOLI AND IN FRANCE. HOSPITALIZATION IN EGYPT AND RECUPERATION IN ENGLAND. PRAISES AUSTRALIAN NURSES. LEAVE PASSES AND LETTERS OF SYMPATHY ON
Collection relating to the service of QX16477 Corporal William J Gambier. The collection consists of copies of diaries, dated 1941-1945, written by Gambier while serving in North Africa. Gambier descr
Photograph of a gun - inscribed. Photograph of portion of the shell mosaic with some explanation on verso. 3 diaries covering voyage to England, training in England and service in France. Daily entrie
5 DIARIES COVERING SERVICE AS A DENTIST IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE AS WELL AS PERIODS OF LEAVE. DETAILED ENTRIES. 2 NOTEBOOKS DESCRIBING PLACES VISITED ON LEAVE. 2 PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
Collection relating to Chaplain William Paul Hohenhouse, 9 Division, Second World War. Collection comprises six diaries written by Hohenhouse documenting his service as a chaplain, 1940-1941. The en
Collection relating to the First World War service of 17319 Sapper Arthur Wilson, 1st Divisional Signal Company. Collection consists of four original hand-written diaries by Sapper Wilson covering th