McCombe, JACK (HQ COY. 2/6TH BN)
Private Record PR85/207 Second World War, 1939-1945RACE PROGRAMME, GAZA. ISSUE OF "THE AIF NEWS" (PALESTINE). ISSUE OF "PUCKAPUNYAL" (OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF 17TH AUST INF BDE)
The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
2 COPIES OF SOUVENIR SUPPLEMENT TO "THE ARGUS" RE THE 17TH AUST INF BDE AND ITS DEPARTURE FROM AUSTRALIA. TROOPSHIP SERIAL "WHY TWO?"
RACE PROGRAMME, GAZA. ISSUE OF "THE AIF NEWS" (PALESTINE). ISSUE OF "PUCKAPUNYAL" (OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF 17TH AUST INF BDE)
LETTER DESCRIBING 2/6TH BN FIRST CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY. PROGRAMMES (2) FOR 17 AUST INF BDE SPORTS MEETING, QUEENSLAND 1944. PAMPHLET OF POETRY BY WILL HANDLEY- SIGNED BY "POET"
CONCERT PROGRAMMES, NEWSCUTTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND POEMS RE AMENITIES SERVICE PRODUCTIONS AND WORK. JAPANESE LETTERS AND ENVELOPES (SOME WITH TRANSLATIONS). 25 EDITIONS OF "AMENITIES NEWS" (8 AUST INF
8 MAPS - MIDDLE EAST AND NEW GUINEA. OPERATIONS LOG BOOK - 2/6TH BN JAN-FEB 1943, NEW GUINEA. ARGUS SOUVENIR EDITION 1940. HANDBOOK OF GALLE.
2 TYPESCRIPT COPIES OF DIARY. DAILY DETAILED ENTRIES IN THE STYLE OF A WAR DIARY. LOG MOVEMENTS, ORDERS AND DECISIONS FROM TIME TAYLOR ASSUMED COMMAND OF 2ND INF BDE. PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS INCLUDED. J
Item 2: 2/6 Aust Inf Bn, Officers’ Mess. Invitation dinner to sisters of 7 Aust Gen Hosp. 6 September 1941. Handpainted cover of two Australian soldiers sitting back to back in a foreign settlement.
