The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Papers of Lieutenant Marcus Bruce Edwards of 2/2 Field Regiment, documenting his capture at Crete in 1941 during the Second World War. Edwards kept diaries describing his transportation to Salonica and imprisonment in Oflag XC, Lubeck, Oflag VIB, Dosse, Warburg and Oflag IX A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen Germany. His diary entries detail food issues, conflict with the German guards and the final march from Rotenburg to Willemburg before his release in 1945. Added to the collection in 2011 was a 28 page typed transcript of original letter dated May 1945, written at sea by NX3205 Lieutenant (Lt) Marcus Bruce Edwards to his wife, Miriam Edwards in Australia. Transcript was completed in January 2011 by Lt Edwards' daughter, Christine Edwards, and also includes a page of biographical information. Lt Edwards' original handwritten letter is held in this collection.
Handwritten diary 1939-1946, kept by VX6714 Lieutenant Albert George Morris of Warrnambool, Australian Headquarters Guard Battalion while prisoner of war (POW) and after release. Morris was captured a
Collection relating to the service in Afghanistan of Lieutenant Marcus Sean Case. Lt Case was deployed to Afghanistan as a Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operator. He died from injuries sustained in
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX3383 Lieutenant John 'Jack' Robert Millett, 2/11th Battalion, POW. Lieutenant Jack Millett enlisted in the Army in July 1940. After arriving
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX3032 Lieutenant Clive Eric Edwards, 2/27 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, New Guinea, and Indonesia,
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX250 Lieutenant Kieran Loftus, 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Germany, 1942. Collection consists of 3 airmail letters written by Lieutena
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant George Peacock Edwards, 1 Light Horse Regiment, at sea, Gallipoli, Egypt and France, 1914-1916. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains a typed trans