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  1. Affleck, Herbert Alexander (Sergeant, b.1891 - d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Affleck, Herbert Alexander

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 871 Sergeant Herbert Alexander Affleck, 3 Battery, 1 Artillery Brigade, Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front, 1914-1917. Collection consists of four d...

    1DRL/0026

  2. Anderson, Roy (Lieutenant, b.1893 - d.1919)

    Private Record

    Maker: Anderson, Roy

    Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Roy Anderson, 7 Battalion, France, 1915-1917. Collection includes letters written by Anderson to his mother.

    1DRL/0040

  3. Atkinson, Walter Curtis (Private)

    Private Record

    Maker: Atkinson, Walter Curtis

    Collection relating to service of 109A Private Walter Curtis Atkinson, 19 Battalion, France, 1917. Collection consists of a newspaper article written by Atkinson on the Third Battle of Ypres, Septemb...

    1DRL/0230

  4. Baldwin, Rupert Thomas James (Sergeant; b.1887 - d.1958)

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    Maker: Baldwin, Rupert Thomas James

    Diaries with detailed entries describing sea voyage, training in Egypt and active service on Western Front. Comments vividly on fighting in numerous battles, the mud and freezing conditions during the...

    PR00557

  5. Barton, Brian Templar (Corporal, b.1889 - d.1917)

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    Maker: Barton, Brian Templar Shany, Eythan

    Eight page typed biographical account written by Eythan Shany, of the life and death in battle of Cpl Barton. The story is woven around the accidental discovery in 1972 of a tombstone noting the buria...

    3DRL/6256

  6. Benjamin, Ernest Lionel (Lance Sergeant, b.1889 - d.?)

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    Maker: Benjamin, Ernest Lionel

    Four diaries with daily entries written by Lance Sergeant Lionel Benjamin, 1915-1919. The first diary commences on 1 June 1915 covering his voyage to Egypt and deployment to Gallipoli as part of the ...

    PR03065

  7. Berry, John James (Private, d.1917)

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    Maker: Berry, John James

    Personal diary of 4010 Corporal John James Berry (12th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion) from his embarkation from Australia in January 1916 (given as '1915' in the first entry) until April 1917. It docu...

    PR00976

  8. Binskin, Alfred William (Private, 20th Bn, AIF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Binskin, Alfred William

    DETAILS OF ACTIVE SERVICE FROM TIME OF JOURNEY TO EGYPT, CANAL DUTY, TRANSFER TO FRANCE INCLUDING EXPERIENCES ON THE SOMME, POZIERES, FLERS, YPRES, MESSINES AND MONT ST QUENTIN. ALSO COVERS THE ARMIST...

    PR83/047

  9. Bishop, Raymond Carnegie (Gunner, b.1895 - d.1975), MM

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    Maker: Bishop, Jim T Bishop, Raymond Carnegie

    Typescript illustrated memoir of Gunner Raymond C. Bishop who served with the 16 Battery from 1915-1918 during the First World War. The memoir is titled 'A gunner's stories', and was edited by his so...

    PR01907

  10. Bryant, Leonard Clyde M M (Lance Corporal b.1893 - d.1969)

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    Maker: Bryant, Leonard Clyde

    Detailed diary describing experiences as a stretcher bearer and caring for wounded in the trenches on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918. Includes vivid descriptions of heavy gas attacks near Armenti...

    PR00142

  11. Buchanan, George Malcolm (Private, b.1889 - d.1946)

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    Maker: Buchanan, George Malcolm

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 3464 Private George Malcolm Buchanan, 15th Field Ambulance. Collection consists of four original handwritten diaries written from 1916 to 1919 inc...

    PR82/024

  12. Capel, Richard (Sergeant d.1918)

    Private Record

    Maker: Capel, Richard

    Letter written to cousin congratulating him on the birth of his daughter. Describes Ypres offensive from an artillery perspective, being wounded there, convalescence and leave in England. Mentions bei...

    PR00658

  13. Cook, Wallace Gordon (Sapper)

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    Maker: Cook, Wallace Gordon

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 7479 Sapper Wallace Gordon Cook, 4th Division Signal Company, AIF. Collection consists of a handwritten diary written by Spr Cook between 6 July 1...

    PR04630

  14. Corder, Fredrick T (Bombardier, 7th Bty AFA, AIF b.1891 - d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Corder, Fredrick T

    PHOTOCOPY OF DIARY KEPT BETWEEN AUGUST 1914 AND JUNE 1917 DESCRIBING EMBARKATION, STATIONING IN EGYPT AND SERVICE AT GALLIPOLI, ON THE SOMME AND AT YPRES. NEWSCUTTING DESCRIBING DIARY

    PR86/134

  15. Day, Kenneth Sydney (Gunner, b.1885 - d.1965)

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    Maker: Day, Kenneth Sydney

    Typed transcription of the personal diary of No. 9302 Gunner Kenneth Sydney Day (4th Field Artillery Brigade) from his enlistment in October 1914 until his return to Australia in September 1917. It co...

    PR01054

  16. Dexter, Thomas (Private, b.1872 - d.1956)

    Private Record

    Maker: Dexter, Thomas

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 3664 Private Thomas Dexter, 4 Pioneer Battalion, AIF. Collection includes Private Dexter's handwritten memoirs, titled 'Two Years of My Life', des...

    PR83/158

  17. Dutton, Albert Arthur (Corporal, b.1893 - d.1973)

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    Maker: Dutton, Albert Arthur

    Papers of Corporal Albert Arthur Dutton who served with the 29 Battalion during the First World War. Items include a diary with handwritten entries for the years 1915 - 1917 and four postcards sent t...

    PR01609

  18. Evans, David Gerald (Captain, b.1889 - d.1917)

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    Maker: Various

    Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain David Gerald Evans MC, 8th Battalion AIF, Australia, Egypt, France and Belgium, 1914-1922. Collection consists of: - 1 typed transcript ...

    AWM2017.1366.1

  19. Farmer, Percival Gilmore 'Jim' (Gunner, b.1892 - d.1976)

    Private Record

    Maker: Farmer, Percival Gilmore 'Jim'

    Six diaries written by 15016 Driver Percival Gilmore 'Jim' Farmer covering the period 16 December 1915 to 2 August 1919. Farmer's entries document enlistment and training in Australia; the journey to...

    PR02081

  20. Fenwicke, Thomas Clennell (Lance-Corporal)

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    Maker: Fenwicke, Thomas Clennell

    Original diaries for 1916, 1917 and 1918, leave ration book, photocopies of diary transcripts, discharge certificate and pay account relating to service in 2 Division Signals Coy on the Western Front....

    PR00727

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