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Title
Charles Gilbert papers mainly relating to Moti (Masons on Tarakan Island) Bagus Club, 1942-1945, no date
Creator
Charles Gilbert
Call number
MLMSS 4852
Level of description
fonds
Date

1942-1945
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
890094
Physical Description
0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Charles Gilbert was a freemason and senior NCO in the 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance, AIF, attached to the 26th Brigade of the 9th Division for the invasion of Tarakan Island, Borneo, on 1 May 1945. He engaged with other freemasons and attended meetings of The Bagus Club (pronounced Bagush, meaning good in Indonesian). This was one of the Masonic clubs begun in Port Moresby in 1942 for personnel on active service and spread throughout the South West Pacific Area.
Scope and Content
The collection includes a printed list of Moti members and a signed membership card, with a note on the club's origins and activities, and notes on Gilbert's family history and war service
Description source

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
General note

Keyword subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Borneo.
Freemasons -- Tarakan Island.
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Papua New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945--Indonesia--Tarakan Island.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Australian.

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