U.K. Army Liaison Staff
Object numberM2008/028:034
TitleU.K. Army Liaison Staff
DescriptionOfficial letter from U.K. Army Liaison Staff in Melbourne, Australia, dated 26 August 1946, requesting the AMF Discharge Depot at Royal Park, Australia, to issue Pte. Alfred Hofbauer, of Pioneer Corps, with his discharged servicemans civilian tobacco ration voucher on his final discharge to Australia. Alfred Hofbauer was born in 1913 in Vienna and found refuge in France c. 1938. He escaped to Switzerland c. 1939, joined the French Foreign Legion 1939/1940, then the Pioneer Corps, British Army in 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and came to Australia in 1946.
Production placeMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Production date 1946-08-26
Subjectdemobilisation document, World War II (1939-1945), Jews in military, returned servicepeople, immigration, tobacco
Object nameofficial correspondence
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 305.00 mm
Language
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2008