| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.21 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | PR06082 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Memoir |
| Physical description | 28 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Keshan, Dorothy Ann Keshan, Malcolm "Mac" William |
| Place made | Austria |
| Date made | 1996-2014 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Miscellaneous papers relating to Malcolm William Keshan
Description
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Second World War service of NX11067 Malcolm “Mac” William Keshan, 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion. Malcolm William Keshan was interned by the Germans as a prisoner of war between April 1941 and April 1945. After the war, Malcolm and his wife Dorothy wrote about the time he spent as a prisoner and the experience of re-visiting Austria many years later. Their account was included in a book titled “Gratkorn in alten Ansichten” by Ingo Mirsch. Also included in the collection are florist cards sent from Malcolm to Dorothy during the war, a photograph and description of a portrait Malcolm William Keshan painted in the prisoner of war camp, and an obituary for Malcolm.
This file contains:
5 florist message cards from Malcolm William Keshan to Dorothy Williams, from Malcolm William Keshan, [date unknown]
Letter from Bernhard Samitsch to Malcolm William Keshan, 16 December 1996
Manuscript by Malcolm William and Dorothy Keshan, [c. early 1997]
Letter from Rosi Fanninger to Malcolm and Dorothy Keshan, 31 March 1997
Letter from Bernard Samitsch to Malcolm William Keshan, Gratkorn, Austria, 7 April 1997
Photograph of Malcolm William Keshan and portrait, with accompanying description by Dorothy Keshan, 2004
Obituary for Malcolm William Keshan, 17 May 2014