This page gathers together images of items other than letters from the collection.
Daily new sheet from onboard troopship X1 (Queen Mary). Other pages can be found in the post dated June 25, 1940
Telegrams sent and received – England 1940.
Other examples can be found in the post of August 10, 1940.
On guard duty – Sabroan barracks, Colchester – October 1940
photo by Dick Lewis
Christmas card sent from England Oct 1940
Postcard and dining card from Durban Feb 1940
Souvenir to Mother from Durban Feb 1940
Cover of a booklet of verses written by ‘the Durban Signaller’ – see post dated March 2 1941 for the full set.
Relaxing in a Palestinian orange grove . See post of April 1, 1941
Photo by Dick Lewis
Card accompanying a cake from Ivy and Bill
A damn good feed – post of May 31, 1941
A card from Glasgow lassie, Billie Laird – see post of May 30, 1941
Dad and Charlie Mene – photo taken in Gaza in memory of events in Durban – ref e.g. letter of February 15, 1941
Extracts from Haifa pamphlet – post re this escapade dated June 4, 1941
Shoe shine – location unknown
Binoculars taken from French sniper – see post of July 10, 1941
September 13, 1941 – Australian Women’s Weekly shares Dad’s description of the day he and Pete McCowan accepted the surrender of a Syrian (Lebanese) town.
– ref. post dated July 16, 1941
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