NAM.1996-10-95-73

Envelope, entitled, ‘Austria BTA’, nd. Contains papers associated with the service of Brig Roy Gilbert Thurburn in Austria, October 1945- August 1947. Items collected during service in Austria, personal invitation, ticket and programme, relating to a reception held at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, by members of the Soviet Army, and other invitations to dances and social events, November 1945; TS extracts from the correspondence of Mussolini and Hitler, with covering memorandum from HQ BTA (intelligence summary for distribution), December 1945, invitations to see the film Henry V, and guides to the Schonbrunn Palace, December 1945; Brig Thornburn’s clothing ration card March to April 1946; also race cards, official circulars, press cuttings and Christmas cards. From a collection of papers of Brig Roy Gilbert Thurburn relating to his military career, 1939-1952.