Blair, John Murray (Lieutenant Colonel, b.? - d.1985) Accession Number: PR03006

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Papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Doctor John Murray Blair relating to his position as commanding officer of the 11 Field Ambulance at Milne Bay during the Second World War. Items include correspondence prepared by Blair regarding equipment issues, preliminary medical reports and two sketch maps of areas in Syria and North Africa. Other items also include four poems written by Blair written in early 1941 and two photographs taken at Torokina, Bougainville in June 1945.

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Accession Number
PR03006
Maker
Lieutenant Colonel John Murray Blair
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Photograph
Measurement
1 wallet: x 1 cm
Date Made
1941-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Official papers, copying permitted
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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