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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

Second World War Leave Pass

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Australian Military Forces

1942

Overview

Rectangular-shaped piece of off white paper with printed purple information and writing in black ink. Some foxing.

Historical information

Leave pass issued to W3750 Gunner N.A. WARE dated 0700 5 April 1942 – 0850 6 April 1942 and signed by BSM C. MCDOUGALL.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-1996.4.1

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Width

108 mm

Height or length

55 mm

Inscriptions and markings

“LEAVE PASS / UNIT – ALBANY FIXED DEFENCES / No W3750 RANK Gnr NAME Ware N.A.
has been granted leave of absence from / 0700hrs 5 April 1942 till 0850hrs 6 April 1942 / (signed) C. McDougall BSM / For Commanding”

Keywords

Second World War

Princess Royal Fortress

Place made

Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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WW2 Leave Pass

Leave Pass granted to Gunner WARE W3750 April 1942

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