The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Diary titled "diary of field services on the Owen Stanley-Buna campaign, 1942", covering the period of June 1942 to March 1943. Typewritten entries describe the medical duties at various places while retreating, and then advancing along the Kokoda Trail. Entries particularly describe the poor health and exhaustion of the carriers used on the Track, and also mention administering aid to villagers, sanitation conditions, and working despite attacks of fever. Additional handwritten entries, on reverse sides of typewritten pages, include: notes on quarantine issues, especially the vaccination of difficult patients, staff issues and orders, and a hand-drawn map: "Operations at Kokoda 28/29 July 1942".
Diary relating to the Second World War service of P390 Captain Geoffrey Hampden Vernon, Australian Army Medical Corps attached to the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit. Vernon's diary contains
Diary relating to the Second World War service of P390 Captain Geoffrey Hampden Vernon, Australian Army Medical Corps attached to the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit. Vernon's diary contains
Collection relating to the Second World War service of V5504 Warrant Officer Class 2 George William Mowat MM, 39th Australian Infantry Battalion, New Guinea, 1942. The collection consists of a diary
ORIGINAL DIARY COVERING 1942 WITH APPOINTMENTS/BRIEF ENTRIES, TELEGRAM OF BEST WISHES, RATION CARD AND ENVELOPE OF RECYCLED PAPER. ALSO CONTAINS COPIES OF POSTCARDS FROM ENGLAND AND NEWSCLIPPINGS OF K
Diary of QX16065 Lieutenant (Lt) Frederick J Winkle, 2/6 Independent Company, written between 1 July 1942 and February 1943. Winkle writes regular, brief entries beginning from his departure from Town
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX80932 Lieutenant William Riggall, 7th Division Headquarters, Second Australian Imperial Force, New Guinea, 1942-1943. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists
The diary kept by Williams with typed daily entries. He describes the troopship voyage, training in Egypt, Gallipoli, the evacuation, mail from home and receipt of a Christmas billy, periods of leave,