Annand, Frederick William Gadsby (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1872 - d.1958)

Place Europe: France
Accession Number PR89/034
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 12 wallets
Object type Papers
Maker Annand, Frederick William Gadsby
Place made Egypt, France
Date made 1901-1931
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 88/0192
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Gadsby Annand, 7th Field Company Engineers and 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion. Collection consists of five diaries covering 1915-1919 detailing troop movements, rountines and leave activities. Also included is some family correspondence, official and financial papers collected during his time as Commander of 2nd Pioneer Battalion, papers relating to Annand's role as commanding officer of the troopship "Norman" returning to Australia in 1919, and various souvenirs and news clippings.