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  1. Abberton, Sidney M (Lance Corporal, 18th Bn)

    Private Record

    Maker: Abberton, Sidney M

    LETTERS HOME FROM ABBERTON, QUITE LENGTHY, DESCRIBING CONDITIONS. HANDKERCHIEF BEARING ABBERTON'S SISTER'S ADDRESS

    3DRL/7170(B)

  2. Adcock, Garnet Ingamells (Major, b.1895 - d.1956)

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    Maker: Adcock, Garnet Ingamells

    Collection relating to the service of Major Garnet Ingamells Adcock, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, First World War. Consists of detailed descriptions of service in the trenches in France, coveri...

    2DRL/0123

  3. Addison, Robert MM (Corporal, b.1890 - d.1943)

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    Maker: Addison, Robert

    Transcript of the World War One diary of Cpl Robert Addison MM. The diary describes the journey to England, training in England, the fighting he was involved in on the Western Front, being awarded the...

    PR00442

  4. Adey, John Kellerman, OBE (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1887 - d.1959)

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    Maker: Adey, John Kellerman

    Unit diary for 3 Casualty Clearing Station for the period August 1918 to February 1919. Adey details the large number of patients they are receiving daily, the number of mustard gas cases, setting up ...

    PR00173

  5. Allan, Victor Philip (Lieutenant, b.1897)

    Private Record

    Maker: Allan, Victor Philip

    6 handwritten diaries June 1916-February 1918 kept by 10796 Lieutenant Victor Philip Allan, 3rd Divisional Train, 22nd Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) and 39 Battalion, detailing his voyage to En...

    PR00771

  6. Armstrong, William John (Private, b.1894 - d.1918)

    Private Record

    Maker: Armstrong, William John

    Collection relating to service of 6276 Private William John Armstrong, 24 Battalion, Lark Hill, England, Belgium and France, 1916-1918. Collection includes a diary with brief entries covering Armstro...

    1DRL/0060

  7. Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS)

    Private Record

    Maker: Australian Red Cross Society

    This collection of Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS) files consists of three main subseries: general correspondence and administration files; records of the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing ...

    1DRL/0428

  8. Axtens, John William (Lieutenant, b.1895 - d.1980)

    Private Record

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 13 Lieutenant John William Axtens, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 8 Machine Gun Company. Collection consists of o...

    2DRL/0308

  9. Barrett, Arthur George (Lieutenant, b.1895 - d.1984)

    Private Record

    Maker: Barrett, Arthur George

    Collection relating to the First World War service of (31415) Lieutenant Arthur George Barrett, Australian Flying Corps, France, 1917-1918. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of typed copies of four letters fr...

    2DRL/0053

  10. Bartley, John Shakespeare (Lance Corporal, b.? - d.?)

    Private Record

    Maker: Bartley, John Shakespear

    Collection relating to service of 2880 Lance Corporal John Shakespeare Bartley, 30 Battalion, Egypt and France. Collection contains memoirs and souvenirs of service bound into album. Typed carbon co...

    1DRL/0100

  11. Barton, John Hampden (Lieutenant, b.1888 - d.1969)

    Private Record

    Maker: Barton, John Hampden

    Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant John Hampden Barton, 54 Battalion. Collection consists of a typescript copy titled 'One year with the platoon', of a diary written up ...

    PR00261

  12. Beale brothers (Harold, Hector, Cyril)

    Private Record

    Bound transcript of letters of three Beale brothers titled `Martial Heirs', indicative of role of one Australian family, with particular emphasis on the view of the importance of British civilisation ...

    PR00312

  13. Beavis, Leslie Ellis CB CBE DSO (Major General, b.1895)

    Private Record

    Maker: Beavis, Leslie Ellis

    Large collection of diverse papers relating to the Army career of Major General (Maj Gen) Beavis, from his cadet days, service in the First and Second World Wars and post-war occupations. Includes dia...

    PR91/009

  14. Bignell, Leslie H (Lieutenant, 19th Bn b.1891 - d.1918)

    Private Record

    Maker: Bignell, Leslie H

    DESCRIPTIONS OF CONDITIONS, EXPRESSIONS OF IDEAS ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR. COPY OF TELEGRAM RE BIGNELL'S WOUNDING (1916). COPY OF LETTER RE BIGNELL'S DEATH IN ACTION NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX (1918). ...

    2DRL/0275

  15. Blatch, John Stanley (Private, b.1896 – d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Blatch, John Stanley

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 2871 Private John Stanley Blatch, 60 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, England, 1917. Wallet 1 of 1 – Contains poems and ...

    AWM2021.592.1

  16. Boulton, Nigel Philip (Captain, b.1888 - d.1969)

    Private Record

    Maker: Boulton, Nigel Philip

    Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Nigel Philip Boulton, Royal Army Medical Corps [RAMC]. Collection consists of letters (a couple are incomplete) written by Capt Boulton, ...

    1DRL/0137

  17. Bourke, John Joseph (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Bourke, John Joseph

    Collection relating to service of Lieutenant John Joseph Bourke, 2 Machine Gun Company, Gallipoli and France, 1914-1917. Collection includes letters written to family in Australia. Letters describe ...

    1DRL/0140

  18. Bourne, William Charles (Private, 1882-1930)

    Private Record

    Maker: Bourne, William Charles

    Collection relating to 2059 Private William Charles Bourne, 8 Battalion, First World War. Collection contains three letters written by Bourne to his family while serving with 8 Battalion at Gallipoli...

    PR03573

  19. Braithwaite, William McCarthy (Captain,b.1892 - d.1918)

    Private Record

    Maker: Braithwaite, William McCarthy

    Letters describe his enlistment and training, and active service until his death in action. Includes comments on Britain's social, political, and military system, conscription, futility of war, leave ...

    PR00349

  20. Brand, Charles Henry, CB, CMG, CVO, DSO, (Major General, b.1873 - d.1961)

    Private Record

    Maker: Brand, Charles Henry

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. NOTES ON BRAND. LECTURES ON MECHANIZATION, STRATEGIC INTER RELATIONSHIP OF THE 3 FORCES, AND MILITARY OPERATIONS IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. NOTES ON LEADERSHIP AND DISCIPLINE, THE GALL...

    3DRL/2750

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