Rae, Cecil John Eric (Sergeant, b.1919 – d.2013)

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Accession Number PR03965
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Extent: 5.5 cm; Wallet/s: 2
Object type Manuscript, Document, Map, Letter, Note
Maker Rae, Cecil John Eric
Place made Australia
Date made 1940-1986
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Research material relating to the publication of the manuscript titled ‘On Target: The story of 2/3 Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment’, written by VX48132 Sergeant Cecil John Eric Rae, VX27594 Lieutenant Arthur Leslie Harris and VX32563 Sergeant Ronald Keith Bryant. The research material was compiled by Sergeant Rae, and recounts the 2/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment’s service in the Middle East and Papua New Guinea from 1940 to 1945.

Wallet 1 of 2 – [Part 1] Consists of various research material including original, photocopied and transcribed documents, letters, log books, newspaper articles, photographs, reports, maps, service records, daily orders, questionnaires, nominal rolls and illustrations, dated from 1940 to 1986.

Wallet 2 of 2 – [Part 2] Consists of various research material including original, photocopied and transcribed documents, letters, newspaper articles, reports, diary entries, maps, questionnaires, nominal rolls and illustrations, dated from 1941 to 1986.