Item 10 - Diary of Maxwell Ernest Hayns

Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC B16-10

Title

Diary of Maxwell Ernest Hayns

Date(s)

  • 1942-1943 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 diary + loose paper

Context area

Name of creator

(1894-1970)

Biographical history

Lawrence John Hayns (1894 -1970) was born in the U.K. and served in the army during the Great war. He married Mary Magaret Crane in 1921 in Leicester. A book of his notes on wool, cotton and principles of weaving and knitting suggests that he might have ... »

Name of creator

(1924-1948)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by T.E. Burns

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Diary of Maxwell Ernest Haynes in the Air Force during 1942 and 1943, also includes the R.A.A.F squadron theme song

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

Finding aids

Original inventory and descriptive notes can be found at : https://eprints.utas.edu.au/10940/1/HaynsLawrenceJohn_PapersB16.pdf

Related units of description

https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2902334 - War diary of Maxwell Ernest Hayns. Describes RAAF in New Guinea during the war; the day to day jottings deal with life in the camp. Covers Oct.-Nov. 1942; Nov.-Dec. 1943; Jan. 1944 Mar. 1944.

Dates of creation revision deletion

HE Feb 2018

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