| Places | |
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| Accession Number | AWM2018.209.2 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Connell, John Fletcher |
| Place made | New Guinea |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Connell, John Fletcher (Major, b.1913 - d.1989)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX13901 John Fletcher Connell, Australian Army Medical Corps, Second Australian Imperial Force, New Guinea, 1942.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of five letters [including associated envelopes] from Major John Fletcher Connell to his mother, Mrs Stella Connell. These letters are dated between 21 October and 8 November 1942, and were written while Major Connell was serving as a doctor with the Australian Army Medical Corps on the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea. In his letters, Major Connell writes about working on the Kokoda Trail, treating soldiers’ wounds, performing operations, being under constant artillery fire, the death of his batman, living conditions in the jungle, and being exhausted after a long period of action.