Stone, Lewis Macdonald (Lieutenant)

Collection relating to the service of VX21452 Lieutenant Lewis Macdonald Stone, 1 Ordnance Field Park, Second World War. Collection comprises a diary covering the period of January 1942 to April 1942; a letter written by Stone to his father in July 1942; a handwritten report; two photographs; a news cutting; handwritten aphorisms and witticisms.

The diary covers Lewis Stone's time at sea and in Adelaide on transport duties. The letter written to Stone's father, ten pages long, gives a vivid account of Stone's travels in Palestine and Syria. Stone visited Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Transjordan, the Jerusalem Jericho Area and Damascus. Stone describes many sites of Biblical importance, including the Nativity Church in Bethlehem and the Garden of Gethsemane. The report, entitled "Report on the Activities of IRVS at TEK", details transport activities that had taken place up to September 1942 in Palestine and Egypt. It includes information concerning depots, the number of convoys and vehicle maintenance. The two photographs are of soldiers and Stone is in both. One photograph is captioned.