Unknown Sailor Accession Number: PR00574

Description

Diary with brief daily entries kept by an unknown sailor aboard HMAS Nizam. Comments on air raids on Glasgow, Alexandria, and at sea, convoy escorts, ammunition and troop evacuation runs to Crete and Tobruk, submarine attacks, bombarding Syrian Coast.

Details

Accession Number
PR00574
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Diary
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1941
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copying not permitted
Provenance
AWM371 91/0780
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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