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Bauer , June
Manuscript
"Army farms in the Northern Territory". Discusses the Australian Army Service Corps Farm Company scheme from its inception in 1939 until the end of war. Looks the reasons for the commencement of the s...MSS1091
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BLUNT , E J Captain
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Thesis "The Northern Territory's transport during World War Two". Examines the influence of the war on the development of the Northern Territory's ground transport links. Degree of Bachelor of Letters...MSS0984
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Brassil, J.L
Manuscript
Maker: Brassil, J L
Collation of reminiscences and photographs relating to No. 31 Beaufighter Squadron RAAF. Includes maps, copiesof orders and newspaper reports, personal anecdotes.MSS1508
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Captain Clifford James White, 1899-1996: Extracts from letters, Northern Territory, Borneo, Japan
Manuscript
Maker: Loof, Peter Various White, Clifford James
Manuscript entitled "Captain Clifford James White" which includes transcripts of letters written by White during 1943-1948 from the Northern Territory, Borneo and Japan. The manuscript also contains ...MSS1939
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Cooksey, Bertrand J (Corporal, b: 1913)
Manuscript
Maker: Cooksey, Bertrand J
`Airfield Battle Veterans' describes the service life of an average RAAF serviceman operating in an active war zone. It is based on the experiences of B.J. Cooksey and details his RAAF training and wo...MSS1227
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Duff, Ken (Flight Sergeant)
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Maker: Duff, Ken
"The Darwin Lockheed Hudson Squadrons and the War They Traversed" gives a account of the work of 2 and 13 Squadrons from 1941 to 1943. The manuscript also includes copies of navigation logs, photograp...MSS1504
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Earl, William (b. 1919)
Manuscript
Maker: Earl, William Henry
Manuscript titled "A Cook's Tour of the Pacific: the wartime reminiscences of an army cook", recounting author's personal experience of service in the Army and catering for the troops. Describes his t...MSS1673
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Goodrich, E.S. (Staff Sergeant)
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Maker: Goodrich, E S
`Sapper Service', recollections of service with 10 Australian Army Troops Company 1942-1945, describing training and the provision of facilities at various locations in the Northern Territory and at L...MSS1497
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Hauschultz, Earl H (Lieutenant-Colonel)
Manuscript
Maker: Hauschultz, Earl H
Manuscript titled `The Kangaroo Trail' providing an account of transport activities of US Army Quartermaster truck regiments in North Australia during 1942-1943. Discusses the importance of opening up...MSS1451
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Lean, Harold Kingsley (Signalman)
Manuscript
Maker: Lean, Harold Kingsley
Manuscript titled `Brief history of 20 Line Section'. Describes unit's formation in 1942, construction of telegraph lines in Cape York and in the Northern Territory, and later in New Guinea. Includes ...MSS1407
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MacIntyre , Mrs E F
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"Australian Women's Army Services in the Northern Territory 1942-1946". An account of the AWAS administration, conditions and experiences in the Northern Territory. For a nominal roll of AWAS personne...MSS0994
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O'Leary, Shawn
Manuscript
Maker: O'Leary, Shawn H
(1) Bound typed manuscript (2) illustrations and (3) maps used in the history "To the green fields and beyond" history of 6th Australian Division Cavalry Commandos published in 1975. The manuscript co...MSS0788
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Ralp Coyne's Wartime Experiences as a Commando 1942-45 (Coyne, Ralph Joseph; VX64257, Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Coyne, Ralph Joseph
Typed and bound manuscript, 'Ralph Coyne's wartime experiences as a commando 1942-45', an autobiographical memoir written by Ralph Coyne. The manuscript is an account of the Second World War service ...MSS1928
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Richardson, Wyndam Murray
Manuscript
Maker: Richardson, Wyndam Murray
Recollections of service with No 1 Mobile Works Squadron RAAF in Northern Australia titled "To North Wessel Island by land and sea in 1943". Manuscript describes the construction of facilities for the...MSS1237
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The Port Keats Story
Manuscript
Maker: Pye, John
A short history of Port Keats, Northern Territory, by Brother John Pye, M.S.C., of the Port Keats Mission and surrounds, including RAAF operations in the area during the Second World War.MSS1850
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Vane, Amoury (Captain, b: 1922)
Manuscript
Maker: Vane, Amoury
Manuscript titled "The Surveillance of Northern Australia - The Story of Stanner's Bush Commando 1942", covering the raising and role of the NAOU. Also includes letters from Stanner to the author comm...MSS1544
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Wright, H G `Blue', Lance Corporal b: 1908
Manuscript
Maker: Wright, H G 'Blue'
Manuscript describing experiences as a patrol officer with 5 Platoon, B Company, NAOU, between 1942-1944. Large areas of North Australia were patrolled in boats and on land, covering the Victoria Rive...MSS0735