| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 3DRL/0358 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 1.5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Diary, Document |
| Maker |
Woods, Harold Vynne |
| Place made | Belgium, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1914-1919 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/5483 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Woods, Harold Vynne (2nd Lieutenant, b.1889 - d.1993)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2nd Lieutenant Harold Vynne Woods, 4 Field Ambulance and 16 Battalion, Gallipoli, France and Belgium, 1914-1919.
Wallet 1 of 1 consists of a typewritten transcript of the diary entries which Lieutenant Woods recorded over several diaries, and were transcribed by his father Reverend E. B. Woods. The diary records Woods' experiences at Gallipoli, including the landing on 25 April 1915, the impact upon he and the corps of the death of Sergeant James Leslie Gordon who was killed 6 ft from where Woods stood, conditions in the Casualty Clearing Station while working under heavy fire, and the evacuation of Gallipoli. The transcript also records his experiences in France and Belgium where he mentions meeting his brothers Alan and Robert, describes the high levels of casualites he saw, his role in the 1917 federal election, his officer training course at Cambridge, and his wounding by a German shell and convalescence.