| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR05088 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 2 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Maker |
Barron, Ebenezer 'Edward' Various |
| Place made | Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom: Scotland |
| Date made | 1897-1939 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) Army organisation period 1903-1912 Army organisation period 1930-1942 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Barron, Ebenezer 'Edward' (Corporal, b.1866 - d.1940)
Description
Collection relating to the Boer War service of 126 Corporal Ebenezer "Edward" Barron, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, South Africa, 1901-1902. Collection consists of a small handwritten notebook kept as a diary by Barron during his service in South Africa. The diary covers the whole of 1901 and commences while at camp in Hobart; covers his embarkation on SS Chicago in March; and describes his service and associated ambulance work while in South Africa. The notebook is written in pencil (some has been re-traced in red pen), and on the whole is difficult to read. It is also interspersed with poems and verses.
Also included are documents relating to his pre and post war service, amongst these are references or testimonials related to his application for Boer War service; and other documents related to his enlistment and training in 23rd Army Medical Corps, prior to the First World War; a 1914 letter from his family at home in Scotland; several documents relating to his membership of the Caledonian Society (1927-1929); some photographs of his and his wife's grave and plan of Cornelian Bay Cemetery; and a few photographs of his son, Charles Barron, Light Horse Tasmanian Militia, c.1930s.