The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Letters and postcards from VX17193 Captain Alison McArthur-Campbell, Chief Physiotherapist with the Australian Army Medical Women's Service, to her mother, 1941-1942, from Middle East, describing physiotherapy work and general impressions in Middle East and North Africa with 2/1, 2/4, 2/6 and 108 Australian General Hospitals. They cover the weather, Arab farmers, distinguished guests/hosts e.g General Auchinleck, work-related news and social life. The diary covers late 1940 to early 1943, with a similar scope of topics as the letters and postcards. A notebook of poems in the collection was written mainly while on overseas service.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX57633 Corporal Allen Raymond Burden, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East and Australia; c1940-1943. Wallet 1
Letters written by former members of 2/12 Battalion to assist in the writing of the unit history, `Of storms and rainbows'. Topics include training in Australia, England and Egypt before serving in th
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6244 Captain William Hiles Venters ‘Bill’ Jubb, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and the Middle
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX20572 Corporal Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone, 2/15th Field Regiment and Audit Office, Command Pay Staff of the AIF in Malaya. The diary docu
Diary/memoir in large notebook of NX31225 Corporal Kare Oskar Klein relating to his war service in the Middle East and New Guinea between 1940 and 1945, probably written after the event. It describes
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX809 Captain Edward 'Ted' James Hewit MC, 2/1 Field Regiment, North Africa, Middle East, Mediterranean and New Guinea, 1939-1947. Wallet 1 of 3