Adams, Peter W DSC (Sub-Lieut. b: 1923)

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Accession Number MSS1428
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 item
Object type Manuscript
Maker Adams, Peter W
Date made 1992
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 92/0454
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

Autobiography, including service in RAN with HMAS Shropshire during WW2. Discusses training, refitting of Shropshire including anti-aircraft radar, active service in waters off New Guinea and Philippines, including Battle of Leyte Gulf and Lingayen Gulf, operations off Borneo, Japanese kamikaze attacks, and finally demobilisation. (see also PR00174).