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QLD State Library Secures Rare Wartime Love Letters, 1995
Title:
QLD State Library Secures Rare Wartime Love Letters, 1995
NFSA ID
282226
Year
1995
Courtesy
Southern Cross Austereo
In 1995, the Queensland State Library managed to outbid some of the world's biggest museums to secure a collection of documents and letters written by Second World War 'Dam Buster' Charles Williams.
Williams, a wireless operator and gunner who grew up on a Queensland sheep station, died during the famous raids in Germany in 1943, but left behind meticulous log books, diaries and correspondence, including love letters from his fiancée.
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