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Escape from Crete : One Soldiers Story

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  • Description

    Volume (30 cm) entitled "Escape from Crete : One Soldiers Story" by Crete veteran, 2nd Lieutenant Harry Clifton ('Clif') Poole, MM, of 20 Battalion, June 2009 (2nd edition). (paged 1-42) Written retrospectively, Poole describes his time spent serving with 20 Battalion during World War II and his capture and eventual escape from the prisoner-of-war camp, established near Galatas and Canea, on Crete in 1941.

  • Other Id

    7117 (Presto content ID)

    MS-2010-5 (Reference Number)

    84475 (DBTextworks system ID)

    2010/5 (Registration number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Escape from Crete : One Soldiers Story
  • Primary Maker

     Harry Poole

  • Date
    2009
  • Physical Description

    1 folder containing 1 spiral-bound typescript volume

  • Level of Current Record
    Single Item
  • Related Object Notes
    Pringle, D.J.C. (David James Chirnside). '20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment ', Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs, 1957, p. 127. [Location: Armoury Desk Reference; Call No. D 743 Pri]
    Irving, Fred C. 'Escape from Crete, island of the gods', Otatau, c1996. [Location: Pamphlet Collection; Call No. D811]
  • Last Update
    04 Nov 2022
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