"Friendly Fruits and Vegetables" is a specific WWII-era jungle survival guide which served as a visual pamphlet to help downed aircrews identify edible jungle plants, avoid dangerous ones, and find survival resources Booklet belonged to Robert Francis ISKOV VX15237 born at Glenrowan served with the 59th Battalion CMF before joining the 2/14th Battalion at Caulfield in September 1940. He disembarked for the Middle East in November, 1940 and fought in the Syrian campaign in 1941. In 1942 the 2/14th Battalion returned to Australia and sent to Papua where he fought at the Battle of Isurava before the battalion was sent to Gona. On 1943 Bob returned to Australia to undertake officer training and in 1945 with the 2/23rd Battalion sailed to Morotai and served with the battalion on Tarakan. He returned to Australia in November, 1945 and discharged a month later.Cream cardboard covered booklet containing 71 pages including photographs. ww2, new guinea, booklet, 1943, friendly fruits and vegetables, aircrews

Brown covered booklet, 71 pages, mainly black & white photos, some colour, detailing useful & poisonous plants/foods in New Guinea.“Sig T Dietz 8th Aust Tech Maint 19th L OF C Sigs, New Guinea”books reference, military history-army

Practical reference for preparation and identification of indigenous foods in Papua New Guinea for allied soldiers during World War 2. -from Trove record.Small staple-bound booklet with light brown cardboard cover with black print. There is a white spine label at the base of spine.'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on first page] '? Kettle' [Handsigned in blue ink on the front cover, blurred by previous water damage] 'NX30892 / Lieut. R.E.W.Kettle / R.A.E. / New Guinea Force / June 1943-?' [Handwriiten on inside front cover in blue ink] 'R.S.W.Kettle / Lieut. (R.A.E.)' [Handsigned on inside back cover in blue ink].ww2, wwii, second world war, world war 1939-1945, papua new guinea, plants-papua new guinea, wild plants-papua new guinea

This object relates to Ivan Norman EAST. He was born on 24/03/1916 in Ningan, NSW. Ivan Norman served in the Army (V15683) enlisting on, 05/06/1941 in Ballarat, VIC before being discharged from duties with the 3 ADVANCE ORDNANCE DEPOT as a Army Non-Commissioned Private (PTE) on 16/06/1948. Ivan Norman EAST was not a prisoner of war.Prepared by the General Staff, LHQ, Australia and under the authority of the Commander Allied Land Forces SWPAsecond world war (ww2), 1939 - 1945, literature, ballarat rsl, ballarat