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Diary of NX106132 Bombardier James Edmond Cottier documenting his service with 32 Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery in New Guinea between September 1942 and October 1943. Cottier was a member of an anti-aircraft battery in the 'foothills of mountains' outside Port Moresby. The diary describes anti-aircraft defences against a long series of daily and nightly bombing raids by Japanese aircraft, as well as the movements of Allied aircraft (especially B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators), including numerous aircraft crashes he witnessed. It also comments on US soldiers and New Guinea natives.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX48132 Sergeant Cecil John Eric Rae, 2/3 Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, the Middle East a
Two handwritten letters by McLennan, of 3rd Light Anti Aircraft Battery AIF, to his family and a photocopy of a handwritten transcript of the letters. They include a detailed account of action in New
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX29765 Lieutenant Stirling Melville Tuckey, 8 Australian Infantry Battalion, Bougainville, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a copy of the diar
Collection relating to the First World War service of 4391 Bombardier Clarence James Harrold, V.1 A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, 1 Division Artillery, 1917. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of a p
Diary (and edited transcript) maintained after the fall of Singapore, when Miles was on Blakang Mati Island, after transfer to River Valley Road Camp on Singapore, and later on the Burma-Thailand Rail
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX139541 Private Lindsay Royden James, 235 Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, New Guinea, 1943-1944. Collection consists of one red covered