Willcock, Oliver Malcolm (Sapper, b. circa 1881-1957); Lewis, William Henry Accession Number: PR01252

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[item 1] Original handwritten diary written by 15252 Sapper Oliver Malcolm Willcock, who served in 14th Field Company Engineers, covering March 19, 1916 - 31 December 1918: service in various parts of French and Belgian areas of Western Front - including Ypres, Villers Bretonneux, Polygon Wood, Steinvoorde. [item 2] Diary transcript. [item 3] Certificate of Discharge for Willcock, dated 7 April 1919. [item 4] Typed transcript of a letter written on 24 February 1942 by William Henry Lewis - a telegraph messenger at Darwin Post Office - to his parents, describing the first Japanese air raid on Darwin during Second World War.

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Accession Number
PR01252
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1942
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
4
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright restrictions apply. Permission of copyright holder required for any use and/or reproduction.
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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