| Places | |
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| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.66 |
| Collection number | PR06252 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 74 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Lewtas, Keith Lindsay |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Japan |
| Date made | 1951-1952 |
| Conflict |
British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Diary of Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 1951-1952
Description
Diary related to the Korean War/British Commonwealth Occupation Force service of 3/1997 Sergeant Keith Lindsay Lewtas, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps. This diary written between 14 July 1951 and 31 December 1952 mentions: settling back into Japan; the Peace Treaty with Japan [Treaty of San Francisco]; the end of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force; his joining the regular army in the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps; his return to Australia; details of possible pension plans from the army; the positives things he found in Japan; his opinion of 'Time of Fallen Blossoms' written by Allan S. Clifton; duties with the ordinance corps in Melbourne and various methods of trying to get back to Japan.