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  1. Adelt, Carl (Tumpeter, 1st LH Regt d.1915)

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    Maker: Adelt, Carl

    DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY TO CAIRO INCLUDING REFERENCE TO THE "SYDNEY/EMDEN" ENCOUNTER. MENTIONS BEHAVIOUR OF NEW ZEALAND TROOPS. COPIED FROM DIARY FOR PERIOD OCT 1914 TO JAN 1915

    3DRL/7529

  2. Anderson, Robert M (Brigadier General, Commandant Administrator, HQ AIF London)

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    Maker: Anderson, Robert Murray McCheyne

    VOLUME OF LETTERS, DESPATCHES AND REPORTS RECEIVED BY BRIG GEN ANDERSON WHILE DQMG AIF HQ CAIRO AND LATER COMMANDANT AIF HQ LONDON. THE DESPATCHES, COVERING EXTENSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY MATTERS...

    PR83/020

  3. Atkinson, John James (Sergeant, b.? - d.1918)

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    Maker: Atkinson, John James

    Collection relating to service of 495 Sergeant John James [Jack] Atkinson, 26 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1918. Collection includes letters written by Atkinson to his family in England.

    1DRL/0068

  4. Attwood, Henry 'Harry' (Lieutenant, b.1882 - d.1917)

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    Maker: Attwood, Henry 'Harry'

    Collections of letters written home by Lt Harry Attwood of 7 Battalion, between 18 August 1915 and 15 September 1917. In them he mentions censorship and his work as a military policeman in Cairo. H...

    2DRL/0281

  5. Barham, Raymond James DSO OBE (Brigadier, b.1908 - d.1998); Wells, Henry (Colonel)

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    Maker: Barham, Raymond James

    Manuscript notes of WX1560 Major R.J. Barham titled 'Notes for War Diary' written while he was attached to Headquarters, 9th Division. They cover the period 27 March-17 May 1941 and describe his part ...

    PR00533

  6. Bassett, William P (Trooper, 6th Aust L H Regt)

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    Maker: Bassett, William P

    DIARY COVERING SERVICE FROM 1916-1919. EXTREMELY BRIEF, ONE LINE ENTRIES. PAY BOOK, 1917-1919. LETTER DESCRIBING THE BATTLE OF THE WAZZA. LEAVE PASSES, FIELD SERVICE POSTCARDS AND A CHRISTMAS CARD

    3DRL/2554

  7. Beales, William Percival (Sergeant, b.? - d.1917)

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    Maker: Beales, William Percival

    Collection relating to service of 1027 Sergeant William Percival Beales, 4 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes letter written to mother from Cairo. Copy made 1928 by Australia House, Lon...

    1DRL/0104

  8. Betheras, Alice Margaret (Staff Nurse)

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    Maker: Betheras, Alice Margaret

    Collection relating to the First World War service of Staff Nurse Alice Margaret Betheras, Australian Army Nursing Service, Egypt. Collection consists of a notebook belonging to Alice Betheras, contai...

    PR04627

  9. Brooks, John Michael (Civilian - Exemption from Military Service)

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    Maker: Brooks, John Michael

    LETTER FROM PTE HENRY MALKIN, 9TH BN, DESCRIBING LIFE IN CAMP NEAR CAIRO. ALSO PHOTO AND BEREAVEMENT CARD FOLLOWING HIS DEATH. CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY SERVICE FOR JOHN BROOKS, AN ONLY S...

    PR84/161

  10. Burvett, Herbert Henry (Private, b.? - d.1915)

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    Maker: Burvett, Herbert Henry

    Collection relating to service of 2119 Private Herbert Henry Burvett, 6 Battalion, Egypt and Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes letters written home to family in Melbourne, Australia.

    1DRL/0170

  11. Cadwallader, Henry "Harry" Thomas, (Private)

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    Maker: Cadwallader, Henry "Harry" Thomas

    Transcribed book of letters written by Private Cadwallader to his mother: titled "Letters from the Great War 1914-1918".

    PR01199

  12. Clohessy, Joseph (Private, b.1893 - d.1952)

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    Maker: Clohessy, Joseph

    A collection consisting of an original 1914-1915 diary, typed transcript of the diary and 2 discharge certificates. The diary details the journey to Egypt, battles at sea, the landing at Gallipoli, th...

    PR00153

  13. Colless, C.B. (Lieutenant)

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    Maker: Colless, C B

    Original handwritten poem by Lieutenant C.B. Colless, titled "Cairo Mafish", with note: "written on the "Abassieh" between Port Said and Tripoli"[undated]; handwritten English-language copy of "Procla...

    PR01227

  14. Crommelin, Nellie Weston (Sister, b.1882 - d.1973)

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    Maker: Crommelin, Nellie Weston

    Detailed collection of personal letters and postcards relating to the World War I Red Cross nursing service of Sister Crommelin. The letters written to her family describe in detail her work in hospit...

    PR00065

  15. Cunningham, Charles S, (Major)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cunningham, Charles S

    Records collected by Major Cunningham during his service as Director of Postal Services, Cairo 1915-1917. Item (1) diary with correspondence and notes relating to his files concerns the administration...

    PR91/131

  16. Delamore, Adrian Wilmot (Acting Sergeant)

    Private Record

    Maker: Delamore, Adrian Wilmot

    Collection relating to Sergeant Adrian Wilmot Delamore, Auckland Infantry Battalion NZ1B at Egypt, Lemnos and Gallipoli. Collection comprises his original diary, covering the period 8 April to 30 Jul...

    PR03442

  17. Dewey, Sidney Charles

    Private Record

    Maker: Dewey, Sidney Charles

    Collection relating to No 1342 (subsequently No 1489) Corporal Sidney C Dewey, 4th Battalion, attached HQ Base Details. Collection consists of two photocopies of letters written in 1915 from Zeitoun ...

    PR85/412

  18. Dickinson, Vincent Robert (Lieutenant, b.1894 - d.1962)

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    Maker: Dickinson, Vincent Robert

    Collection of Lieutenant (Lt) Vincent R Dickinson of 7 Battalion. It consists of five diaries written by Dickinson October, 1914-January 1919, an illustrated typescrip of the diaries, a photocopy of a...

    PR03115

  19. Doyle, Jack

    Private Record

    Maker: Doyle, Jack alpha lithograph

    Photographic postcards (without stamps and postmarks), annotated in pencil by Jack Doyle. Five cards relate to his unit's stay in the Cairo area of Egypt, circa November 1941. His unit is not identifi...

    PR01711

  20. Edwards, Cecil Francis MM (Private, b.1895 - d.1948)

    Private Record

    Maker: Edwards, Cecil Francis

    Original diary describing training in Cairo and Alexandria, watching the landing at Gallipoli from on board ship, the high number of wounded, the 'great battle' and the number of trenches captured, be...

    PR00383

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