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  1. Account of action between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden by Niels Peter Henry Nielsen, 1925

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Nielsen, Niels Peter Henry

    Written account and transcript relating to the First World War service of 7884 Stoker Niels Peter Henry "Chook" Nielsen, Royal Australian Navy. In this account written in 1925, Nielsen details the day...

    RCDIG0001011

  2. AWM35 24/47 - HMAS SYDNEY wireless telegraph signal log, 28 August - 9 November 1914

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: HMAS Sydney (1913-1928)

    Wireless telegraph signal log relating to the First World War service of HMAS Sydney. This signal log contains entries from 28 August 1914 to 9 November 1914. It includes entries relating to the ship'...

    RCDIG0001003

  3. AWM239 226 - [RAN Medical Officers' journals] SYDNEY (1 July 1913 - 31 December 1922)

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Commonwealth Government of Australia

    AWM2023.7.13

  4. Correspondence from Roy Clarence Vayne to Marjorie Mitchell, 1917

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Vayne, Roy Clarence

    Correspondence relating to the First World War service of 343 Chief Petty Officer Roy Clarence Vayne, Royal Australian Navy. In a letter to the eight year old Marjorie Mitchell, Vayne thanks Mitchell ...

    RCDIG0000931

  5. Correspondence relating to Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, copies

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie' Various

    Copies of correspondence relating to nursing service of Mary Anne ‘Bessie’ Pocock, New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR) and Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). The items in this ...

    RCDIG0001530

  6. 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

  7. Diary of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1914-1916

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Cunningham, Alexander Jackson

    Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 2nd Field Company Engineers. In this diary, kept between 17 October 1914 and 4 July 1916, Cunningham describes hi...

    RCDIG0000917

  8. 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

  9. Diary of Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 1914

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon

    Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 7th Battalion. In this diary McCrae details his journey from Australia to Egypt on the troopship HMAT Hororata and his ...

    RCDIG0001241

  10. Diary of George Sydney Cook, 1914

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Cook, George Sydney

    Photocopy of the First World War diary of Major Sydney Cook, 2nd Battalion. Includes biographical information for Sister Elsie Sheppard Cook and Major George Sydney Cook, compiled by their son Peter J...

    AWM2016.30.58

  11. Diary of John William Seabrook, 1913-1918

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Seabrook, John William

    Diary relating to the First World War service of Leading Signalman John William Seabrook, HMAS Sydney. The diary describes the voyages and actions of HMAS Sydney from commissioning in 1913 to the end...

    RCDIG0000350

  12. Diary of John William Seabrook, 1913-1918

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Seabrook, John William

    Diary relating to the First World War service of Leading Signalman John William Seabrook, HMAS Sydney. The diary recounts Leading Signalman Seabrook's time at sea serving on the HMAS Sydney between 19...

    RCDIG0000351

  13. Diary of Richard Keith Phillips, 1914-1915

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Phillips, Richard Keith

    Diary relating to the First World War service of 1084 Private Richard Keith Phillips, 5th Battalion. This small handwritten diary contains entries from 21 October 1914 to 23 November 1915, with severa...

    RCDIG0001134

  14. Diary of Stanley Alfred Gedling, 1913-1918

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Gedling, Stanley Alfred

    Diary relating to the First World War service of Leading Signalman Richard Keith Gedling, Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Written and compiled by Gedling during the war, this account details his service ...

    RCDIG0001153

  15. 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

  16. Handwritten copy of diary of Brian Colden Antill Pockley, 1914

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Pockley, Helen Dorothy Antill

    Handwritten copy of a diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force. The ...

    RCDIG0000390

  17. Handwritten copy of letter from Brian Colden Antill Pockley, 1914

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Pockley, Helen Dorothy Antill

    Handwritten copy of letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force. The o...

    RCDIG0000391

  18. Letter and photograph of Frank Jubilee Olle

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Olle, Frank Jubilee

    Letter and photograph relating to First World War service of Lance Sergeant Frank Jubilee Olle. The letter to his parents contains a long description of the Sydney/Emden encounter from Olle's perspect...

    RCDIG0000200

  19. Letter from Henry Priaulx Cayley to his mother, 1917

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Cayley, Henry Priaulx

    Letter relating to the First World War service of Rear Admiral Henry Priaulx Cayley, RAN. In this letter to his mother, Cayley details the encounter of HMAS Sydney and her destroyer escort with the th...

    RCDIG0001066

  20. Letter from Niels Peter Henry Nielsen to his family, 1914

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Nielsen, Niels Peter Henry

    Letter and transcript relating to the First World War service of 7884 Stoker Niels Peter Henry "Chook" Nielsen, Royal Australian Navy. In this letter to his mother and family, Nielsen details the acti...

    RCDIG0001018

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