Certificate of appreciation: Civil Defence Force |
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| Title : | Certificate of appreciation: Civil Defence Force |
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| Creator : | South Australia | ||
| Source : | Praite, Ronald, PRG 216/4/3 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1945 | ||
| Format : | Ephemera | ||
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| Description : |
Certificate dated 15 August 1945 (Victory in the Pacific Day), which was issued by the South Australian Civil Defence Department to Fred. Charles Praite 'in appreciation of services rendered' in the Engineering Branch of the Civil Defence Force of South Australia. Germany had surrendered to the Allies on 7 May 1945, with V-E (Victory in Europe) Day celebrated on 8 May. ' Victory in the Pacific' with the official end of World War II was not achieved until the Japanese surrendered in the following August. |
| Related names : | South Australia. Civil Defence Department. |
| Period : | 1939-1945 |
| Further reading : | Cochrane, Peter. Australians at War Sydney: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2001 Johnston, Mark Robert. At the front line: experiences of Australian soldiers in World War II Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1996 Moremon, John Victory in the Pacific 1945: Australians in the Pacific War Canberra: Dept, of Veteran's Affairs, 2005 |
| Internet links : | Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs] Australian War Memorialsee: Encyclopedia: VP (Victory in the Pacific) Day SA Memory timelinesee: 1940s |
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