The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Original diary kept by Armstrong while serving with the 2/21 Battalion and later as a POW of the Japanese. The diary covers the period 13 Dec. 1941 -
1 Sept. 1943. There is also a typed copy and a photocopy of the entire diary. Includes 3 b+w photos. The 2/21st was part of Gull Force which was sent to Ambon in January 1942. By February, Gull Force had been defeated and went into captivity. Armstrong was one of the prisoners sent to Hainan Island where he remained until his death in April 1944. He was killed by Chinese bandits in the "Hoban Ambush."
Diary kept by Les Cornell describing training in Australia, active service on Ambon, and imprisonment by the Japanese on Hainan Island. Cornell was killed by Chinese bandits in 1944, after which the d
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX36354 Driver Albert Grady, 2/21 Battalion. Collection consists of a photocopy of a diary maintained from enlistment in June 1940, attachment t
ACCOUNT OF THE WARTIME EXPERIENCES OF PTE HARRIS INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING IN AMBON AND OF HIS POW EXPERIENCES IN AMBON AND HAINAN. ALSO PHOTOCOPY OF "BATTLE OF AMBON", A JAPANESE ACCOUNT O
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX55829 Private Walter Leonard Viant, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Gull Force and was a prisoner of war of the Japanese, Ambon, China, Australia, 1941-1
PHOTOCOPY OF LETTER WRITTEN BY RUSSELL IN THE FORM OF A DIARY. IT COVERS HIS SERVICE IN FRANCE. HE TOOK PART IN THE BATTLE FOR VILLERS-BRETONNEUX AND IN THE ALLIED ADVANCES WHICH BROKE THE HINDENBURG
Item 1 - Photocopy of a diary originally written by James R 'Nat' Clifford, describing experiences in Royal Australian Navy during 1912-1919, including service in First World War. Item 2 - Typed trans