Major Kennedy Byron Burnside - Diaries, 1942-1945
Major Kennedy Byron Burnside - Diaries, 1942-1945
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1941-1945
Call Numbers
MLMSS 4011
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Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 box - 0.05 Meters
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Diaries recording Major Burnside's experiences during World War 2. (The originals are held by the Australian War Memorial, Canberra)
Alternative Titles
Full title
Major Kennedy Byron Burnside - Diaries, 1942-1945
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Australian War Memorial through Hon. T.W. Mitchell in 1982
Administrative / Biographical history
Kennedy Byron Burnside was born in 1913. He studied medicine at Melbourne University, graduating in 1937. During World War 2 he attained the rank of major, commanding the 2nd Australian Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory stationed in Malaya, 1941-45. He was a prisoner of war 1942-45. After the war he was attached to the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne a...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 4011
Record Identifier
1DrL0QN9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrL0QN9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
133542
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