Goldsworthy, Leonard Verdi (Lieutenant Commander, b.1909 - d.1994) Accession Number: PR01666

Description

Papers of Lieutenant Commander Goldsworthy including written notes relating to his work disabling German and Japanese mines and bombs during the Second World War. Other items in the collection include photocopies of naval messages, certificates of naval appointment and correspondence with the Mobile Explosives Investigation Unit, 1944-1945.

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Accession Number
PR01666
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Document
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1909-1995
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
AWM copyright

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