Babbage, Maxwell Eden (Captain b.1908 - d.1963)

Places	Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, North Bougainville, Buka Island
Accession Number	PR00429
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	72 Items
Object type	Papers
Maker	Babbage, Maxwell Eden
Date made	1942-1945
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM371 94/0599
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945

Description

Papers relate to Babbage's contractual service with U.S. Army Small Ship's Division. Babbage had previously prepared detailed engineering maps of Buka and Bougainville Islands and had a detailed knowledge of the area. Includes maps, photographs, correspondence with other Australians regarding Japanese occupation of the Islands.