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  • related units : HMAS AE 2 (remove)
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related places (58)

  • Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos, Mudros (4)
  • Africa: Egypt, Alexandria (3)
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  • Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli (3)
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  1. Custom box 1 of 1 - Hand-written diary by an unknown sailor, HMAS Sydney (I)

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Unknown

    Collection relating to the First World War service of HMAS Sydney (I). Custom box 1 of 1 - Hand-written diary (possibly a midshipman's journal) relating to HMAS Sydney (I). The diary covers the perio...

    AWM2017.7.110

  2. Diary of Cyril John Percy Hill, 1917

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Hill, Cyril John Percy Unknown

    Photostat copy of diary of Lieutenant Commander Cyril John Percy Hill, Royal Navy. The original diary was written by Lieutenant Commander Hill between 9 June 1917 and 14 December 1917.

    RCDIG0000670

  3. Diary of Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1914-1915

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Reynolds, Herbert Vincent

    Diary relating to the First World War service of 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1st Australian Field Ambulance. Covering the period from 2 December 1914 to 23 August 1915, this diary details th...

    RCDIG0001013

  4. Diary of Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1914-1915

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Reynolds, Herbert Vincent

    Diary relating to the First World War service of 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1st Field Ambulance. In this diary, kept between 10 September 1914 and 31 December 1915, Reynolds details the per...

    RCDIG0001012

  5. Diary of John Axtens, 18 August 1914-12 November 1914

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Axtens, John William

    Diary relating to First World War service of 37 Private John William Axtens, AN&MEF. This diary covers the period from 18 August 1914 to12 November 1914 and describes training and the constant prepara...

    RCDIG0000239

  6. Diary of Thomas Walter White, August-November 1916

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: White, Thomas Walter

    Diary [book 1E] relating to the captivity, during the First World War, of Captain Thomas Walter White, Mesopotamian Half Flight, Australian Flying Corps. In this diary kept between August-November 191...

    RCDIG0001328

  7. Diary of Wilfrid Wanostrocht Giblin, 1914 - 1915

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Giblin, Wilfrid Wanostrocht

    Diary relating to the First World War service of Colonel Wilfrid Wanostrocht Giblin, Australian Army Medical Corps. This file consists of an original diary written by Colonel Giblin between 2 Novemb...

    AWM2017.6.302

  8. Gallipoli letters of Rupert Major Downes

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Downes, Rupert Major

    Letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Major Downes, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance. These letters written between 15 May 1915 to 21 January 1916. These letters ...

    AWM2017.6.215

  9. Letters from Eric Roland Cotterill to his Mother, 1915

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Cotterill, Eric Roland

    Photostat copies of letters relating to the First World War service of 2nd Lieutenant Eric Roland Cotterill, 13th Battalion. The original letters were written by Eric Cotterill to his Mother in Austr...

    RCDIG0000222

  10. Memoir of Arthur Ross Bramwell Bollard, 1914

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Bollard, Arthur Ross Bramwell

    Memoir relating to the First World War service of Bandsman Arthur Ross Bramwell Bollard, HMAS Australia. This memoir covers the period 30 July 1914 to 24 September 1914. It was written within a log bo...

    AWM2016.30.50

  11. Memoir of Charles Suckling

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Suckling, Charles George

    Memoir relating to the First World War service of 2148 Stoker Charles George Suckling, Royal Australian Navy. This account was written at some stage after the First World War and before its donation i...

    RCDIG0001112

  12. Papers of Cyril John Percy Hill

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Unknown

    Papers relating to service of Lieutenant Commander Cyril John Percy Hill. These papers relate to AN&MEF activity in New Britain in conjunction with submarines AE1 and AE2. Later papers cover HMAS Par...

    RCDIG0000179

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