BBC war correspondent in Europe, April 1944-1946

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Component identifier:
Series 3
Content Summary:
This series consists mostly of scripts of despatches and broadcasts from the western front and the Nuremberg war crimes trials. The series also includes Wilmot's letters to his family and some diary entries from this period, in addition to newscuttings and other papers associated with his work as a BBC war correspondent.
Immediate source of acquisition:
This collection was presented to the National Library by Edith Wilmot in 1991 and arrived in Canberra in January 1992. It consists primarily of Chester Wilmot's papers, but also includes material added by Edith Wilmot in the years since Chester's death. A further transfer was received from the Wilmot family in 2024.

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Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2701576).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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