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Beeston, Samuel (Commander, b: 1888 d: 1985)
Manuscript
Maker: Beeston, Samuel
Account titled "The RAN in the First World War", outlining Australian naval strength at the outbreak of war, tactics, encounters with German warships, submarines and losses.MSS1602
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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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Middleton, Walter Robert (Supply Staff Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Middleton, Walter Robert
Poem written by Supply Staff Sergeant Walter Robert Middleton titled `Xmas Day', written at sea on board the transport `Port Macquarie' on route from Sydney to Alexandria. Discusses leaving loved ones...MSS1414
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'The War Cruises of HMAS Melbourne & Sydney, 1914-1918'
Manuscript
Maker: Kingsford-Smith, Eric
Typed manuscript (321 pages) titled `The War Cruises of HMAS Melbourne & Sydney, 1914-1918', prepared for the Navy Board in 1918 by Henry J Brennand (Staff Surgeon, HMAS Melbourne) and Eric Kingsford-...MSS1463
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Willey, Laurence Everard (Private)
Manuscript
Maker: Willey, Laurence Everard
Retrospective account of service with 46 Battalion 1916-1919. Discusses enlistment, training, sea voyage, active service in France, in particular at Bapaume, Bullecourt, Messines, Amiens, Villers-Bret...MSS1471