| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.189 |
| Collection number | PR91/073 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 52 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Mickle, Grangie Stuart Pfeiffer, Francis William |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville |
| Date made | 1940-1945 |
| 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. |
Wallet 1 of 3 - Papers relating to the service of Robert Alfred Yeowart, 1940-1945
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 270647 Squadron Leader Robert Alfred Yeowart, No 6 Squadron RAAF, Australia and New Guinea, 1940-1945.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains papers connected with Squadron Leader Yeowart's secret reconnaissance mission to Truk via Rabaul in February 1942, in which he discovered enemy force in Toll Harbour and the potential threat to Rabaul Harbour, including a typed inverview with Yeowart about the Truk mission in Brisbane, August 1943. Collection also contains personnel records i.e. officer's certificate of service, returned from active service certificate, statement of Special Forces deferred pay, war gratuity entitlement paperwork as well as personal letters to Yeowart from relatives of men who went missing (i.e. VX20713 Staff Sergeant William Stuart Patterson and 403831 Flying Officer John Francis Pfeiffer).