Date	1944-01-01
Place	Bremen Melbourne
Subject	Australia–Emigration and immigration—History Voyages and travels World War, 1939-1945–Sources Europe–Emigration and immigration Melbourne (Vic.) Manuscripts, Latvian Immigrants' writings Diaries Photographs
Category	4. World War II 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Keywords	Latvia
Current holder	State Library of Queensland
Series number	6941
Item number	99259793402061
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	In copyright. Unrestricted access, free to use for personal research and study.
Country of origin	Denmark Germany Australia
Language	Latvian English
Period of reference	1944 to 1948
Description from source	0.02 linear metres, 1 diary. The transcription of the diary includes photocopies of personal documents and photographs. The diary was written in Latvian and English translation is available. Diary kept by Ilmars Drevins during his journey from Bremen to Melbourne on board General W. M. Black in 1948. Drevins was an anti aircraft gunner for the Luftwaffe, but surrendered to the American forces in Denmark. The diary includes an account of Drevins’ movements in 1944-1946.
Physical format	Diaries Photographs Typescripts
Bibliographic citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/LW6VTPKB/ https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/YG7RPAZ8/