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Allen, Wallace W (Sergeant, 9th Bn b.1886 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Allen, Wallace W
LETTERS HOME FROM MENA CAMP, EGYPT PRIOR TO GALLIPOLI LANDING. TELEGRAM RE ALLEN'S LOSS IN ACTION. RED CROSS LETTERS RE ALLEN'S DEATH AND THE SITE OF HIS BURIAL2DRL/0284
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Bayles, Freddy (Bugler)
Private Record
Maker: Bayles, Freddy
Letter (and transcription) from No. 203 Bugler F. Bayles (7th Battalion) from Mena Camp, Cairo dated March 1915 describing fighting at Ismailia and at 'Toosoum' on the Suez Canal in February.PR01060
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Beck, Max (b.1893 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Beck, Max b
Letter and postcard written to his brother, describing experiences at Gallipoli during August 1915, in particular the heat and shellfire; and his later recuperation at Mena House hospital.PR91/059
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Beresford, Arthur Edward Bathurst (Sergeant, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Beresford, Arthur Edward Bathurst
Collection relating to service of 467 Sergeant Arthur Edward Bathurst Beresford, 26 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1914-1918. Collection contains extracts from letters and diary. Extracts ...1DRL/0113
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Head Sister N C Morrice, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20, impressed around edge with recipient's details.RELAWM15491.002
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Brownell, Raymond James (Air Commodore, b.1894 - d.1974),CBE, MC, MM
Private Record
Maker: Brownell, Raymond James
DIARIES AND FLYING LOGBOOKS RELATED TO EXPERIENCES AT MENA CAMP AND GALLIPOLI, MOVEMENT TO FRANCE INCLUDING THE BATTLES AT FLEURBAIX AND POZIERES, AWARD OF THE MM AND MC, FLIGHT TRAINING AND POSTING T...PR83/231
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Buchanan, Archibald John (Lance Corporal, b.1892 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Buchanan, Archibald John (Arch)
Collection relating to the First World War service of 268 Lance Corporal Archibald John "Arch" Buchanan, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, 1915. The collection consists of a four-page letter ...PR04391
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Cameron, Thomas (Lance Corporal, b.1877 - d.1952)
Private Record
Maker: Cameron, Thomas
NOTEBOOK WITH SPORADIC ENTRIES, LISTS TRANSPORT SHIPS OF THE AIF, MENTIONS MENA CAMP, LEMNOS, BEING WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI, EMBROS, SAILING FOR MARSEILLES. ALSO INCLUDES ADDRESSES, SKETCHES, ROSTERS, NO...PR84/208
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Donkin, Reginald Lyons (Private, b.? - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Donkin, Reginald Lyons
Letter written by Pte Reginald Donkin on Sunday 21 February 1915, from Mena Camp, to a friend Jack. It describes camp life and training at Mena in Egypt.3DRL/3618
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Fairweather, Harold (Lieutenant, 38th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Fairweather, Harold
DESCRIPTION OF MENA CAMP. NOTES CAPT BEAN'S NEWSPAPER REPORTS AND SUBSEQUENT POSSIBILITY OF COURT MARTIAL. DESCRIBES CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL IN LONDON AND HIS PRIDE IN HIS WORK. NOTES DEATHS OF FRIENDS ...2DRL/0208
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Farrow, George Martin CBE (Staff Sergeant, b.1896 - d.1969)
Private Record
Maker: Farrow, George Martin
Papers of Staff Sergeant George Martin Farrow including a diary, souvenirs, news cuttings and organisational records of the Limbless and Maimed Soldiers Association. Farrow's diary documents his enli...PR90/108
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Grant, Robert Anthony (Private b.1888 - d.1963)
Private Record
Maker: Grant, Robert Anthony
Diaries and memoirs with transcript kept by Private Grant describing his embarkation from Sydney on the 'Afric', camp at Mena and the landing on Gallipoli.PR89/180
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Hagan, James Suggett (b: 1890 d: 1969)
Manuscript
Maker: Hagan, James Suggett
Transcription of diary maintained by Hagan during the voyage to Egypt, training at Mena Camp and landing at Gallipoli; activities on the Peninsula until evacuation with enteric fever and eventual retu...MSS1274
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Hagan, James Suggett (Sergeant, 1. 3rd Bn 2. 1st Div Sig Sqn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Hagan, James Suggett
DIARY AND PAY BOOKS, COMMENCING WITH VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY, SINKING OF THE EMDEN, MENA CAMP, GALLIPOLI LANDING, RETURN TO AUSTRALIA 1916, SERVICE WITH 1ST DIV SIG SQN IN MESOPOTAMIA, BATTLE OF RAMADICE, ...PR84/188
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Heath, Stanley J (Gunner, MM, 19th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Heath, Stanley James 'Darby'
SET OF 25 POSTCARDS WITH ONE LETTER ON THEM WRITTEN TO HEATH'S SISTER FROM MENA CAMP. DESCRIBES VOYAGE FROM AUSTRALIA AND EARLY IMPRESSIONS OF EGYPT. TYPESCRIPT COPY OF LETTER3DRL/3985
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Hollis, N (Captain, 2nd Field Artillery Bde b.1895 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Hollis, Norman Silvester
DESCRIBES TRAINING IN MENA CAMP, SERVICE ON GALLIPOLI, EVACUATION, TRAINING IN ENGLAND AND SERVICE IN FRANCE. DEC 1914 - APR 19182DRL/0458
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Horse Picquet, Mena 1914
Art
Depicts a soldier with a group of horses, standing in a line, feeding from nose bags, in Egypt during the First World War. George Benson (1886- 1960) studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne,...ART03608
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Kimberley, John Robert "Jack" (Staff Sergeant, b.1889 - d.1966)
Private Record
Maker: Kimberley, John Robert
Collection relating to the First World War service of 857 Staff Sergeant John Robert ‘Jack’ Kimberley, 3 Light Horse Field Ambulance and Australian Army Service Corps, Australian Imperial Force, Austr...AWM2021.544.1
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Larkins, Stanley M (Lance Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Larkins, Stanley Michael
Extracts from the diary of Lance Corporal Stanley M Larkins who served with the 1 Division Signal Company. Entries cover the period of April- May 1915 describing the arrival at Mena camp, training an...PR01115
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Macaulay, Stephen (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Macaulay, Stephen
Correspondence from 1365 Private Macaulay to his family while stationed in Mena Camp, Egypt, prior to the Gallipoli campaign. The collection also includes enlistment and medical papers. Macaulay ser...PR01265
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Makin, George Leslie (Lieutenant, b.1894 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Makin, George Leslie
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant George Leslie Makin, 5 th Battalion AIF. Collection consists chiefly of 141 letters written by Lieutenant George Leslie Makin to membe...1DRL/0473
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Marks, Alexander Hammett, CBE, DSO (Colonel, b.1880 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Marks, Alexander Hammett
Collection relating to the service of Colonel Alexander Hammett Marks, CBE, DSO, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of a typed narrative based on an...1DRL/0480
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Maxwell, Sir John (Lt General GOC Egypt b.1859 - d.1929)
Private Record
Maker: Maxwell, John Grenfell
ANONYMOUS LETTER BY INMATE OF "MENA HOUSE" HOSPITAL, CAIRO TO MAXWELL COMPLAINING OF STRICTNESS OF ROUTINE. UNSYMPATHETIC RESPONSE BY MAXWELL.EXDOC102
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McCarthy, Edward James (Private, 3 Light Horse Brigade, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: McCarthy, Edward James
COPIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO HIS PARENTS DESCRIBING VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE, DISCUSSES THE BATTLE OF MENA AND DRAWS COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE FIGHTING QUALITIES OF TURKISH AND AUSTRALIA...PR83/161
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McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon (Major, b.1890 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon
Collection relating to the service of Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 7 Battalion and 60 Battalion, AIF, 1914-1916, Egypt, Gallipoli, Cyprus, France. Collection consists of a diary kept by Major McCrae...1DRL/0427
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McDougall, Malcolm H (Lieutenant, MC, 3rd Camel Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: McDougall, Malcolm H
COPY OF A POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTING THE FIRST WIRELESS SET ERECTED NEAR THE PYRAMIDS AT MENA, APRIL 1915 WITH VERSO CONTAINING A LETTER TO HIS SISTER DESCRIBING THE FIGHTING AT GALLIPOLIPR83/052
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Millard, Reginald Jeffery (Colonel, b.1868 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Millard, Reginald Jeffery
Collection relating to the First World War service of Colonel Reginald Jeffery Millard, CMG, CBE, Army Medical Corps, Egypt, Gallipoli, Mudros Island, 1914-1915. Collection consists of a typescript c...1DRL/0499
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Muir, Frederick Warren (Private, b.1893 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Lewis, George Muir, Frederick Warren Neaves, Henry Herbert Reddoch, Frances Hope Logie
Collection relating to the service of 644 Private Frederick Warren Muir, 1 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, Imbros, 1914-1915. Collection consists of thirty-five letters written by Private M...2DRL/0316
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North, Julian (Warrant Officer II, b.1890 - d.1955)
Private Record
Maker: Department of Defence
Collection relating to the First World War service of 931 Private Julian North, 3rd Infantry Brigade, Egypt, 1914, and his Second World War service as N65877 Warrant Officer II Julian North, New South...AWM2016.425.4
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O'Brien, Frederick Leslie (Lance Corporal, 1st Bn, AIF d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: O'Brien, Frederick Leslie
Collection relating to the First World War service of 218 L/Cpl Frederick Leslie O'Brien, 1 Battalion. Collection consists of three letters (one is incomplete) written by Frederick to his brother Cla...PR83/026
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O'Malley, Charles Arthur (Corporal, 12th Bn, AIF b.1895 KIA 1916)
Private Record
Maker: O'Malley, Charles Arthur
LETTER WRITTEN BY CPL O'MALLEY TO HIS MOTHER FROM MENA CAMP, EGYPT, CONTAINING TWO SONGS AND A BRIEF COMMENT ON ARMY LIFEPR84/287
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Polsson, Axel (Private, 2nd Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Polsson, Axel
LETTER FROM MENA CAMP WITH GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT, 1915PR86/377
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Powell, Thomas Henry Norman (Lieutenant, b.1894 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Powell, Thomas Henry Norman
Collection relating to the First World War service of 255 Private (later Lieutenant) Thomas Henry Norman Powell, 2nd Field Ambulance AAMC. Collection consists of a typescript narrative of Powell's se...2DRL/0623
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Rayment, George Leslie Corporal
Private Record
Maker: Rayment, George Leslie
Journal describing embarkation from Australia, sea voyage to Egypt via Colombo and Aden, training at Mena and Heliopolis. Lands at Gallipoli in May, describes digging trenches, shellfire, shortage of ...PR91/042
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Road to Mena, showing the Pyramids
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a landscape scene looking towards the Great Pyramids along a road to Mena, showing a road in the foreground, beside a canal reflecting light, leads past flat roofed buildings towards four rece...ART02816
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Rowe, Frederick William (Bombardier, 4th Battery Field Artillery b.1889 - d.1947)
Private Record
Maker: Rowe, Frederick William
Collection relating to the First World War service of 953 Bombardier Frederick William Rowe, 4th Battery Field Artillery. Collection consists of 35 letters written home to his family describing the s...PR90/090
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Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class : Head Sister N C Morrice, 25 General Hospital (British)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class. Unnamed as issued.RELAWM15488.001
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Series 3: Correspondence
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie' Various
This series predominantly consists of correspondence to and from Mary Anne ‘Bessie’ Pocock during the Boer War, First World War, and post-war periods. Within this series are eleven files, organised by...RCDIG0001513
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Series 1: Diaries and notebook of Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 1914-1915
Digitised Collection
Maker: McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon
This series contains the diaries and notebook of Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 7th Battalion. The three diaries cover McCrae’s journey to Egypt in 1914 and his service at Gallipoli the following year....RCDIG0001240
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SERIES 3: Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott personal correspondence, 1914-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey'
Extensive series of correspondence primarily from Elliott to his wife, Catherine (Katie). Also included is some correspondence to his children, and correspondence between Elliott and various family me...AWM2018.19.110
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Series 2: Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, 1914-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon
This series contains letters written by Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, originally of 7th Battalion and later 60th Battalion. These letters cover McCrae's journey to Egypt in 1914, his service at Gallip...RCDIG0001246
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Series 2: Original diaries and notebooks
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie' Various
This series contains the original diaries and notebooks written or collected by Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock during the Boer War, First World War, and post-war periods. Within this series are eight diari...RCDIG0001512
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1914-15 Star : Sister N C Morrice, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star, impressed on reverse with recipient's details.RELAWM15491.001
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1st Battalion (1st Bn AIF)
Private Record
Nominal roll for 'E' Company 1st Battalion. Photo of 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, Mena, 1915. Photo of 1st Battalion at 1965 Anzac Day march. Photos of members of 1st Battalion (11 photos).3DRL/6572
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Stevenson, Gilbert Alexander (Lance Corporal, b.? - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Stevenson, Gilbert Alexander
Collection relating to the service of 1582 Lance Corporal Gilbert Alexander Stevenson, 1 Pioneer Battalion, France, 1915-1916. Collection comprises letters written to his sister and aunt, Mena 1915 a...PR03204
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (894) Driver Albert Henry Davey, 10th Battalion, AIF, First World War.
Film
Maker: Australian War Memorial
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...AWM2021.1.1.11
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (798) Driver Edgar James Clarence Cheney, 3rd Army Service Corps Company, First World War.
Film
Maker: Australian War Memorial
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...AWM2021.1.1.362
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (791) Lance Corporal Frederick Salmoni, 15th Battalion, AIF, First World War.
Film
Maker: Australian War Memorial
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...AWM2017.1.81
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (38) Lieutenant Wilfrid Oswald Jose, 50th Battalion, AIF, First World War.
Film
Maker: Australian War Memorial
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...AWM2022.1.1.5
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (413) Private Cecil Frederick Boothman, 1st Battalion, AIF, First World War.
Film
Maker: Australian War Memorial
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...AWM2020.1.1.21