Transcript diaries of George William Edward Clark, 1940 - 1944; 1998

Clark, George William Edward (Gunner, b.1914)

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Places	Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Barce Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Benghazi, Benina Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Derna Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), Mersa Matruh Europe: Austria, Karnten, Wolfsberg Europe: Austria, Spittal an der Drau Europe: Germany, Hohenfels Europe: Greece, Athens Europe: Greece, Peloponnese, Corinth Europe: Greece, Peloponnese, Kalamata Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Qastina
Accession Number	AWM2019.22.86
Collection number	PR01035
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Item
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	94 Image/s captured
Maker	Clark, George William Edward
Place made	At sea, Australia, Austria, British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Ceylon, Egypt, Germany, Greece, North Africa: Libya, Yugoslavia
Date made	1940-1944; 1998
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.

Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX1058 Gunner George William Edward Clark, 1 Battery, 2/1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 1940-1988.

This file contains a transcription of five original diaries kept by Clark during his active service with the 2/1st Field Regiment in the Middle East and Europe from January 1940 to May 1941, and subsequent internment at prisoner of war camps in Austria and Germany from June 1941 to December 1944.

The transcription was completed by Clark and his wife Norma in 1998. Please note that a small number of original diary entries and original annotations have been omitted from the transcription, which is largely comprised of edited diary entries. Furthermore, the transcription contains an addendum by Clark encompassing his evacuation from Stalag 383 in mid-April 1945 through to his discharge from active service in early September of the same year.