Papers [manuscript]. 1941-1994.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1941-1994.

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Papers relate largely to Tower's war service in Japan and include letters, diaries, newsletters of the Fourth Field AIF Association, photographs and postcards of Japan, press cuttings and other memorabilia. 1. Letters to his mother describing war service in Victoria, Queensland, New Guinea, New Britain with the 4th Field Ambulance. Also letters from Japan while serving with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, 1941-1947. 2. Diaries recording service in Japan with the BCOF, Feb. 1946-Jan. 1947 (3 vols.) 3. Photographs recording the Hiroshima bombing aftermath, and visits to Tokyo, Kaitaichi, Kure, Fukuyama, Hiro, Niagata and Maiko, 1946-1947.

42 cm. (3 boxes)

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7073179

Libraries Australia

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Soldiers

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Australia. Army. Field Ambulance, 4th.

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Towers, William Arthur, 1918-1997.

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Soldier. Private with the 4th Field Ambulance in 1941. After serving in New Guinea and New Britain, he joined the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, 1945-1947. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1941-1994. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225813419 ...

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Australia. Army. Medical Corps

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