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Collection relating to the First World War service of Major Lewis Clayton Timperley, 10 Australian Light Horse Regiment, Palestine, 1918, and to the Second World War service of his son, WX25829 Bombardier Richard Henry Timperley, 2/3 Australian Tank Attack Regiment, Borneo, 1945.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains two folders. Folder 1 consists of documents relating to Major Lewis Timperley's service in the First World War. The folder includes a typed account of Major Timperley's being wounded in action during the Battle of Magdhaba in December 1916, a typed copy of a letter he wrote to his family in January 1918 on service in Palestine, a narrative of the work of C Squadron, 10th Light Horse Regiment, in September 1918, and a detailed account of the operations of the 10th Light Horse Regiment from Ludd [now Lod, Israel] to the capture of Damascus. Folder 2 contains documents and ephemera relating to Bombardier Richard Timperley's service in the Second World War. The folder includes a typed translation of the last order issued to Imperial Japanese Army soldiers on Labuan Island on 19 June 1945, a souvenir programme from a performance given by Gracie Fields at Labuan on 27 August 1945, an Order of Service for Christmas Day on Labuan in 1945, and a copy of the satirical poem "I've Had It". The folder also includes an invitation for Mr and Mrs R.H. Timperley to attend the ceremonial parade for the inauguration of the Special Air Service Regiment at Campbell Barracks in September 1964.
Book of handwritten lecture notes of Major Lance A. Lewis, 1916; christmas cards and dinner menus relating to the service of Major Tom Lewis in the Second World War.
Collection relating to the First World War service of relating to the First World War service of Major Nathaniel Dunbar Barton, 7th Light Horse Regiment. Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains handwritten letters
Collection relating to the First World War service of 773 Sergeant George Samson Laslett, 11 Light Horse Regiment. Collection consists of a typed account by Sgt Laslett of his enlistment, training in
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX42505 Sergeant Crawford James Pattison, 15 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Papua, New Guinea, Bougainville, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1
Collection relating to service of Chaplain John Dempsey, 2 Light Horse Regiment. Collection includes a photostat copy of an account of Dempsey's voyage in the Mediterranean in which the SS Arcadian w
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX11177 Major Bruce Atlee Hunt MBE, 13 Australian General Hospital, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand and Australia, 1938-1951. The collection contain