| Accession Number | PR04635 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 1.5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Campbell, Lawrence Clifford |
| Place made | France, United Kingdom: England, Sussex, Eastbourne, United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain |
| Date made | 1916-1918 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Campbell, Lawrence Clifford (Private, b.1890 - d.1939)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 5062 Private Lawrence Clifford Campbell, 10 Battalion, England, France, 1916-1918.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of eight letters Campbell wrote to his sister Lizzie and her family during his service in England and France between April 1916 and June 1918. He writes of his voyage from Adelaide to Egypt and of seeing flying fish at sea, his journey from Egypt to England aboard a captured German transport ship, the training camps in Salisbury Plain, the weather, of being in the trenches and at the firing line, firing practice, and of the destruction of towns and displacement of French people. He also discusses life in the dugouts, his desire for the war to end, the rejection of conscription, the German Spring Offensive in 1918, and his wounding and subsequent hospitalisation.