| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0176 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Place made | At sea, France, United Kingdom: Scotland |
| Date made | 1915-1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/646 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Caldwell, David Wallis (b.1892 - d.1917)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2nd Lieutenant David Wallis Caldwell, 27 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1917. Collection consists of 37 letters written home to his mother in South Australia between 7 June 1915 and 3 January 1917. The letters comment on troop behaviour in Egypt, the withdrawal from the Gallipoli peninsula, training in England, his travels through Ireland and Wales, and fighting in the trenches in France.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant David Wallace Caldwell, 27 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action 2 March, 1917. Age 24. Son of David and Margaret Caldwell, of 83 Whitmore Square, Adelaide, South Australia.