| Accession Number | AWM2017.6.217 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | 3DRL/0518 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 10 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 13 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Downes, Rupert Major |
| Date made | 1939-1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Pages of a diary and notes from the Second World War service of Rupert Major Downes
Description
Papers relating to the Second World War service of VX57673 Major General Rupert Major Downes, Australian Army Medical Corps. This items would have been written by Downes in preparation for the writing of the Official Medical History (1939-1945).
This file contains:
Two loose pages of a diary dated 11/10/1939 - 25/4/1940.
Note: Personal diaries of Major General R.M.Downes, CMG. VD.
Note: Hospital dates
Note: "Anticipating approval for establishment of three committees,…"
Note: Evans Diary
Note: Equipment
Note: Write re CSM
Note: Barber Cmte: Census of units.
Note: Letters to J.W.Anderson.
Note: Equipment Sub Committee.