The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX18665 Lance Sergeant Leslie Jason Neely, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, 1941.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one diary of Lance Sergeant Leslie Jason Neely, containing irregular entries dated between 11 February and 25 November 1941. This diary was written while Lance Sergeant Neely was serving with 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion in Palestine, Egypt and Libya. In his diary, Lance Sergeant Neely writes about being on guard duty, an accident involving an anti-aircraft gun, changeable weather, seeing towns destroyed by war, travelling in convoy, sandstorms, digging shelters, making roads, retreating from the Germans, abandoning supplies and equipment, withdrawing to Tobruk, the siege of Tobruk, regular air raids, going on patrols, fleas and flies in the dugouts, poor water quality, the fates of some of his friends, being shelled, being shot at by enemy snipers, going to hospital with shrapnel injuries, being ill with jaundice, travelling to Alexandria, disagreements with English medical staff, and medical treatments.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX26866 Staff Sergeant Jeffrey Joseph Long, 2/24 Field Park Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, at sea, Palestine, Egypt and Libya, 1940-1
Wallet 1 of 1 – Contains diary written at Gallipoli by Jason Coulter between 5 April and 29 July 1915. In the diary Coulter discusses his concerns about landing at Gallipoli, the whereabouts of his br
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX58477 Lance Sergeant Dudley Hinds, 2/3 Anti-Tank Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Tobruk, Libya, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX151840 (V65884) Lance Sergeant Frank Douglas Anderson, Victorian Scottish Regiment, Citizen Military Force, Australia, 1938-1944. Wallet 1 of
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX3730 Lance Sergeant Michael George Reddy, 1 Australian Signals Corps and 6 Division Signals, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, Gre
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 283558 Flight Lieutenant Reginald Leslie Yeomans, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, New Guinea, the Middle East and Italy, 1941-1945. Walle