Tognetti, Gordon Laurence (Gunner, 2/3rd Field Regiment, AIF b.1921) Accession Number: PR89/164

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LETTER WRITTEN BY GUNNER TOGNETTI TO HIS MOTHER WHILE ON BOARD THE TROOPSHIP "QUEEN MARY" DESCRIBING CONDITIONS AND ESPECIALLY THE ROLE OF THE OFFICERS. IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A COVERING NOTE BY A PERTH BUSINESSMAN WHO RETRIEVED THE LETTER WHEN TOGNETTI THREW IT OVERBOARD TO AVOID THE MILITARY CENSORS

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Accession Number
PR89/164
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1940
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 89/1600
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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