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  1. Adams, John (Private, 20th Bn, AIF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Adams, John

    Original concert programme for concert aboard the TSS Euripides on 27 November 1915. It has been signed by Pte John Adams of the 20th Battalion AIF, and various friends and concert participants.

    PR84/059

  2. Akhurst, Herbert Gordon (Lance Corporal, b.? - d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Akhurst, Herbert Gordon

    Collection relating to the service of Lance Corporal Herbert Gordon Akhurst, 20 Battalion, Bapaume, France 1917. Extracts from letter of 23 March 1917 describe working under the Town Hall in Bapaume ...

    1DRL/0015

  3. Armytage, C E T (Lieutenant, MC, 20th Bn b.1895)

    Private Record

    Maker: Armytage, C E T

    SHORT DAILY ENTRIES DETAILING MOVEMENTS. INCLUDES BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EVENT IN WHICH HE LOST HIS ARM AND INVESTITURE WITH MC. COVERS PERIOD JAN 1916 - SEPT 1917

    2DRL/0153

  4. Asher-Smith, Charles D (Private, 20th Bn b.1897 - d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Asher-Smith, Charles D

    LIFE ABOARD TROOPSHIP INCLUDING A LIST OF CURRENT RUMOURS, DISCUSSED. LETTERS FROM ROLLESTONE CAMP, ENGLAND AND CAMP IN LE HARRE. NONE FROM THE TRENCHES. FEB-AUG 1917. NOTICE RE CESSATION OF ALLOTMENT...

    2DRL/0283

  5. Baker, Ernest William (Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, b.1884 - d.1918)

    Private Record

    Maker: Baker, Ernest William Dickson, Hercules Scott Highfield Jones, William Adolphus

    Collection relating to the service of 1032 Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant Ernest William Baker, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 20 Battalion, Rabaul, Gallipoli and Fr...

    1DRL/0083

  6. Beveridge, Cecil (Warrant Officer, b.1889 - d.1946)

    Private Record

    Maker: Evatt, Raymond Scott Paul, Harold

    Collection relating to the First World War Service of Warrant Officer Cecil Beveridge of the 20th Australian Infantry Battalion. The collection consists of two handwritten letters of recommendation wr...

    PR06268

  7. Beveridge, R (Corporal, 20th Bn b.1893 - d.1916)

    Private Record

    Maker: Beveridge, Roy Stuart

    DETAILED ENTRIES - DAILY. DESCRIBE SERVICE UP UNTIL 11 NOV 1916

    2DRL/0325

  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. Birnie, Peter J (Sergeant, 20th Bn)

    Private Record

    Maker: Birnie, Peter J

    DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE. PAYMENT RECORD FOR WAR SERVICE HOME LOAN. TWO INVITATIONS AND TWO POSTCARDS WRITTEN WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE

    3DRL/6245(A)

  10. Bonamy, Albert V (Sergeant, 20th Bn, AIF b.1887)

    Private Record

    Maker: Bonamy, Albert V

    PHOTOCOPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE AND ORIGINAL COPY OF OPERATION ORDER NO 1 BY MAJOR R F FITZGERALD, 20TH BN, RELATED TO WALKER'S RIDGE

    PR86/376

  11. Booth, John (Private, b.? - d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Booth, John

    Collection relating to service of 164 Private John Booth, 20 Battalion and 5 Machine Gun Company, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes memoir of service on Gallipoli. Memoir typed from unknown origi...

    1DRL/0134

  12. Buisson, John Francis "Jack" (d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Buisson, John Francis "Jack"

    Book of handwritten transcribed letters and cards, originally written by "Jack" Buisson from 1912-1919, a period which included service with the 20th Battalion during the First World War.

    PR01156

  13. Burnett, Thomas Vincent (Sergeant, b.? - d.1916)

    Private Record

    Maker: Burnett, Thomas Vincent

    Collection relating to service of 504 Sergeant Thomas Vincent Burnett MM, 20 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes letters written home to family in Australia.

    1DRL/0164

  14. Calderwood, Stanley Charles MC (Captain, b.1891 - d.1979)

    Private Record

    Maker: Calderwood, Stanley Charles

    Narrative of experiences by Captain Calderwood MC. Describes embarkation, female stowaway on troopship, censoring letters, rejoining unit in France, and describes the Cairo marketplace.

    2DRL/0137

  15. Cameron, Gordon Carmichael Mc

    Private Record

    Maker: Cameron, Gordon Carmichael

    Hardcover exercise book with handwritten notes of lectures at Officer Training School, Duntroon, 1916.

    PR00825

  16. Crane, Walter J (Sergeant, 20th Bn)

    Private Record

    Maker: Crane, Walter James

    DESCRIPTIVE DIARY OF CONDITIONS IN AND MOVEMENT THROUGH FRANCE, MAR - APR 1918. LETTER TO CRANE'S PARENTS DESCRIBING TRIP TO CANADA (INCOMPLETE)

    3DRL/4147

  17. Craven, Norman Thomas John ( Private, b.1895 - d.1984)

    Private Record

    Maker: Craven, Norman Thomas John

    Diary written by Private Norman Thomas Craven who served with the 20th Battalion during the First World War. Entries document the years September 1915 - January 1917 and describe action at Gallipoli i...

    PR03073

  18. Diary typescript of unnamed soldier, believed to be Dakin, Clarence Herbert

    Private Record

    Bound typed transcription of a personal diary of an unnamed soldier, believed to be 1187 Lt Clarence Herbert Dakin, who was in the 20th Battalion and promoted to Sergeant in the time it covers, August...

    PR01055

  19. Dickson, Emlyn Britton (Private, 20th Bn)

    Private Record

    Maker: Dickson, Emlyn Britton

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 838 Private Emlyn Britton Dickson, 19th Battalion, 1915-1918. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains one hardcover sketch book filled with watercolo...

    3DRL/7215

  20. Evatt, Raymond Scott (Lieutenant, MC, 20th Bn b.1896 - d.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Evatt, Raymond Scott

    Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Raymond Scott Evatt MC, 20 Battalion. Collection consists of an extensive collection of letters and postcards (187 x original, 38 x tr...

    2DRL/0160

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