Boyne, Harry V. (Corporal)
A mixed collection consisting of diaries, poems ('Atebrin', 'The Second Anzac', 'Confession by Hitler', 'Faversham of York', 'Faversham', 'A Soldier's Farewell', and an untitled poem), personal equipment card, application letters for transfer, and memo books containing lists of members of the 2/14 Battalion whilst in New Guinea. The members of the unit are divided into platoons and companies. The first diary contains information of Boyne's journey to the Middle East and covers the period 13 May 1941 to 21 December 1941. The second diary covers the period 25 November 1942 to 18 May 1943 and details the fighting Boyne was involved in the Gona and Buna area, the conditions they lived and fought in, contracting malaria, his despair on having a malaria attack on the day the unit was being evacuated back to Australia and his disillusionment at being separated from the unit and having to stay 18 months in New Guinea before getting any leave or being transferred back to Australia.
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- Africa: Egypt
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt)
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine
- Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Perth, Claremont
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Northern Province, Gona
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Dobodura
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Popondetta
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Soputa
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby