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Sketchbook containing drawings and comments by Sergeant Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) of 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Sketches depict various war scenes, caricatures and events, while serving in Middle East - Syria, Tobruk, El Alamein and New Guinea.
Autograph album relating to QX7653 Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. The album contains poems and signatures from members of his family as well as soldiers Wilesmith encountered t
Page 4 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous depiction of the camp sign writer at work. Digger in tropical uniform stands in
Page 11 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. 'The Yanks have been teaching us baseball but of course the aussie boys have their own
Page 6 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous depiction of a jungle training exercise involving carrying a wounded soldier on
Page 8 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Of this image Wilesmith wrote on the interleaving sheet 'Davy Robinson and Dick Neal two
Diary written by QX2992 Sergeant Len Hansen while serving with 2/15 Battalion in the Middle East. The diary covers most of 1942, from January to September including a period reorganising in Palestine