Reginald Hewitt - scrapbook, 1940-1944
Reginald Hewitt - scrapbook, 1940-1944
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1940-1944
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7169/Box 1X
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 outsize box - manuscript, printed, photographs
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D15085/a5627.html
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The scrapbook includes: diary, 1941-1942; letters from Hewitt's wife, May, and daughter, Dorothy, 1941; letters to his wife, 1941-1944; official correspondence from the Australian Military and the Red Cross; paybooks; programs of concerts performed by prisoners of war together with song books and photographs.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Reginald Hewitt - scrapbook, 1940-1944
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 985631
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Gunner Reginald Hewitt of the 11th Battery, 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, was captured in the Libyan Desert on 8 April 1941. He spent the next three years as a prisoner of war, firstly of the Italians and then of the Germans. He was repatriated back to Australia in 1944.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7169/Box 1X
Record Identifier
9qoQkdL1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQkdL1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421488
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