JUNE ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 19 June 2018 - 9:30 AM start
The wartime photographs and documents of 4521 Warrant Officer 2nd Class Les Williams - NZ Petrol Company
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Lot Details
a defender of Galatos and Pink Hill at Crete. The Petrol Company became unlikely heroes at Crete. In the afternoon of the first day whilst defending the right flank of Pink Hill, Les Williams suffered significant shrapnel wounds to his stomach, shoulder and arm and was evacuated from Suda Bay a few days later. He went on to serve in North Africa and Italy. This lot includes an album of photos including Crete and North Africa as well as many unmounted images and documents. In later years Mr Williams was interviewed by a school boy and journalists and some of these videos and newspaper reports are included.
