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  1. Anderson, James (Private, b. - d.1916)

    Private Record

    Maker: Anderson, James

    Collection relating to the service of 815 Private James Anderson, 13 Battalion, France 1916. Collection includes letters to family describing recent trench action.

    1DRL/0035

  2. Bailey, Herbert Austin (Sapper, b.1873 - d.1963)

    Private Record

    Maker: Bailey, Herbert Austin

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 19636 Sapper Herbert Austin Bailey, 5th Australian Division Engineers. Collection consists of two diaries (one very brief) and six separate diary ...

    PR90/018

  3. Baker, Eric Arthur Ormond (Lieutenant, b.1889 - d.1976)

    Private Record

    Maker: Baker, Eric Arthur Ormond

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 3238 Lieutenant Eric Arthur Ormond Baker, 59th Battalion, England and France. Collection consists mainly of letters (some with envelopes) and pos...

    PR00983

  4. Beinke, Berthold Walter MM France 1918

    Private Record

    Maker: Beinke, Berthold Walter

    Letter of Private (Berthold) Walter Beinke MM (43 Battalion) to his parents from beside the Somme, dated 3 April 1918. It describes the penetration of the British lines by the German offensive of Marc...

    PR01005

  5. 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

  6. Buchanan, Harold Keith (Bombardier, b,1892- d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Buchanan, Harold Keith

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 2004 Bombardier Harold Keith Buchanan, 39 Battery, Australian Field Artillery [AFA] . Collection consists of a typescript copy of five original d...

    PR83/192

  7. Burton, Colin John Combe (Sapper, b.1897 - d.1974)

    Private Record

    Maker: Burton, Colin John Combe

    Photocopied diary of Sapper Burton for the period 1917-1919. The diary details the journey from Australia to England, working with A Company, No. 1 Section, Engineers Training Camp in Essex, his time ...

    PR00377

  8. Caldwell, David Wallace (Lieutenant, 27 Battalion, AIF d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Caldwell, David Wallace

    LETTERS WRITTEN BY LT CALDWELL PRIOR TO SERVICE ON THE SOMME AND LATER LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE FOLLOWING HIS DEATH ON 2 MARCH, 1917

    PR83/174

  9. Cameron, Lin G (Gunner, 5th Div Arty HQ, AIF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cameron, Lindsay George

    DIARY DETAILING HIS DUTIES IN EGYPT AND FRANCE AS A DESPATCH CARRIER AT DAHQ, SERVICE AT BAPAUME, MESSINES AND THE SOMME UNTIL EVACUATED, VARIOUS POSTCARD LETTERS SENT TO HIS FAMILY AND OFFICIAL RECOR...

    PR83/073

  10. 1. Cardwell, Edward Thomas 2. Cardwell, Claude Edward (1. Private, 1st Stationary Hospital, Bendigo 2. Gunner, 31 Battery, 8th Field Artillery Brigade)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cardwell, Claude Edward

    Diary of Gunner Claude Cardwell covers the period 25 July 1918-29 January 1919 in France. Describes air raids, bombardments, mules and donkeys transporting ammunition and guns, stretcher bearing, role...

    PR90/134

  11. Cherry, Percy Herbert, VC MC (Captain, b.1895 - d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cherry, Percy Herbert

    Original letter from King George V offering condolences on the death of Captain Cherry V.C., M.C., and regret at being unable to present the VC to Cherry before his death. The collection also contains...

    PR00110

  12. Collins, Harold Emanuel (Private, b.1892 - d.1992)

    Private Record

    Maker: Collins, Harold Emanuel

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 619 Private Harold Emanuel Collins, 1 Field Ambulance. Collection consists of an original handwritten diary kept by Pte Collins while on active s...

    PR01459

  13. 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

  14. Court, John Flecknoe (Private, d.1971)

    Private Record

    Maker: Court, John Flecknoe

    Collection consisting of a diary, German map, discharge certificate, and a folder with ration book, photograph, money and German propaganda leaflet in it. The diary describes being taken prisoner by t...

    PR00403

  15. Dakin, Clarence Herbert (Lieutenant, b.1894 - d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Dakin, Clarence Herbert

    Papers of Lt Dakin who was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme in 1917. The collection includes correspondence with his family describing leave activities, training and family matters, officia...

    PR87/206

  16. Davey, Alan Norman (Private, 5th Pnr Bn, AIF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Davey, Alan Norman

    NOTEBOOK DIARY MAINTAINED FROM ENLISTMENT AND TRAINING AT SEYMOUR (VIC), MOVEMENT TO FRANCE, ACTIVE SERVICE ON THE SOMME, CORBIE AND POLYGON WOOD, INCLUDING VARIOUS BN SONGS AND COPIES OF GALLIPOLI VE...

    PR83/070

  17. Dews, Cecil N. (Lance Corporal)

    Private Record

    Maker: Dews, Cecil N

    Undated letter to his parents describing `travels' since leaving Australia in early April until arrival in Belgium in early September. Includes description of conditions endured while marching to the ...

    PR00323

  18. East, Sir Ronald (Author)

    Private Record

    Maker: East, Ronald

    EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF L/CPL D T P WILSON 24TH BN, AIF DESCRIBING THE ADVANCE OF 8 AUGUST 1918; ARTICLE WRITTEN BY DONOR, "HOW THE RED BARON DIED IN 1918", AND MATERIAL RELATED TO THE BURCHETT FAMI...

    PR84/329

  19. 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

  20. Emery, Vincent James (Lance Corporal, 40th Bn, AIF b: c. 1898 d.1979)

    Private Record

    Maker: Emery, Vincent James Hine, Geoffrey H

    26 page typed manuscript written as an anecdotal 'history' of Australians on the Somme, written by Geoffrey Hine in 1987. Hine has used the reminiscences of L/Cpl Vincent Emery as a basis for his man...

    PR87/218

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