Papers [manuscript].

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Papers [manuscript].

The collection consists of (1) personal papers, 1909-1961, (2) correspondence, 1924-1961, (3) articles, etc., 1935-1960, (4) report memoranda, and narratives, 1941-1959 on the Crete and Malayan campaigns that include items by/on Captain H. S. Geldard, Lieut.-Col. Galleghan, Colonel J. H. Thyer, Lieut.-Gen. Arthur Percival, Colonel Masanobu Tsugi and H. V. Howe, (5) radio news commentaries, 1944-1945, (6) report of proceedings and proceedings of Royal Commission of Inquiry, 1945, (7) drafts of memoirs, (8) cuttings, 1930-1962, and (9) printed material, 1940-1950. There are also maps (located at M Ser. 4 000/1), pictorial items (located at Pic. Acc. 2910), and a fly whisk and flag (located at R 626-627).

17 v., 7 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7071127

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Bennett, Henry Gordon, 1887-1962

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Lieutenant-General Henry Gordon Bennett, 1887-1962, soldier, actuary and orchardist, served in the A.I.F. as commander of the 6th Battalion, 1914-1915 in the Dardanelles, and as G.O.C. of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1916 in France. In 1941-1942 he commanded the 8th Division in Malaya, and in 1942-1944 G.O.C. of the 3rd Australian Army Corps in Western Australia. In peace time, he served in the C.M.F. and the Voluntary Defence Corps. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Librari...