Description
Letter relating to the Second World War service of VX93500 Private Patrick O'Neill, 2/1 Australian Motor Ambulance Convoy Workshop, 1982.
The collection contains a 1982 letter by O'Neill that outlines the action by 10 Platoon, B Company, 2/6 Battalion during the Wau/Salamaua campaign. He describes an offensive to relieve the 2/3rd Independent Company, which was surrounded by the Japanese, and the courage of Lance Sergeant Jack Quinn who with a mortar wound to his back, crawled up a hill seeking medical assistance.
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Accession Number
PR85/246
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Private Record
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AWM315 421/011/022
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