Yeats, Douglas Harold (17544, Lieutenant-Colonel)

Accession Number MSS1997
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 wallet: 2cm
Object type Manuscript
Maker Yeats, Douglas Harold
Access Open
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Second World War, 1939-1945
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
Vietnam, 1962-1975
British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Army organisation period 1948-1952
Army organisation period 1953-1960
Army organisation period 1961-
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Description

Manuscript titled 'From What I Can Remember', compiled by 17544 Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Harold Yeats. Includes photographs and narrative on his life and experiences in Britain, including time served with the British forces during the Second World War, and his subsequent migration to Australia and enlistment in the Australian Military Forces in 1948. Retiring from the Australian Army in 1980, Lieutenant-Colonel Yeats had served in BCOF, Korea the Malayan Emergency, and Vietnam.