Turner, Victor Harold (Staff Sergeant) Accession Number: PR01469

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Two copies of typescript diary entries written by VX15628 Staff Sergeant Victor Harold Turner, 2/22 Batt. 8 Div. describing retreat from Rabaul & New Britain, January 1942.

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Accession Number
PR01469
Maker
Charles Wentworth Turner
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Diary
Date Made
post 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Status to be assessed
Provenance
AWM371 96/0420
Copyright
Status to be assessed

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