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Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX2600 Sergeant Rex Nelson Butler, 8 Division Ammunition Sub Park, Australian Army Service Corps [AASC]. Collection consists of four hand-drawn maps in pencil, a handwritten letter in pencil, and two black and white photographs.
The maps are of the Southeast Asia area and were used by eight prisoners of war (NX34686 Captain R E Steele, QX4648 Lieutenant R Blow, VX34838 Lieutenant L M Gillon, NX29683 Lieutenant C A Wagner, NX58809 Lance Sergeant W Wallace, VX60861 Sapper R J Kennedy, QX21058 Private R K McLaren and SX2600 Driver R N Butler) during their escape from Sandakan Camp during May-June 1943. The group landed at Tawi Tawi where they were welcomed by Sairi Usinan, the writer of the letter which is dated 19 June 1943. After their arrival at Tawi Tawi the escapees served with guerrilla components of the US Forces in the Philippines and on 18 August 1943, Sgt Butler was killed whilst on a fighting patrol. Details and relationship of the photographs to the rest of the material is unknown.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX2600 Sergeant Rex Nelson Butler, 8 Division Ammunition Sub Park, Australian Army Service Corps [AASC], 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of fou
North East Borneo Force. QX21058 Captain (Capt) Robert Kerr 'Jock' McLaren MC, formerly of 2/10 Field Workshops, now Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD), indicating to VX108088 Capt Leonard Gord
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX2600 Sergeant Rex Nelson Butler, 8 Division Ammunition Sub Park, Australian Army Service Corps [AASC], 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of fou
CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. ONE OF THE FOUR MAPS DRAWN ON PALE GREEN FLIMSY PAPER AND A LETTER WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON RULED PAPER. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE CONNECTED WITH THE ESCAPE OF EIGHT AUSTRALIANS FROM
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 413054 Flight Sergeant Jeffry Weeden, Royal Australian Air Force. Collection includes: 1. 45 items of correspondence consisting of letters, tel
Collection relating to the Sudan expedition service of 12 Sergeant Arthur Ormonde Butler, New South Wales Contingent, Sudan, 1885. The collection consists of two commissioning warrants and Butler's d
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 414624 Sergeant William Alexander MacKay, 41 Radio Direction Finding Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, attached to 63 Bomber Squadron United Stat