Darnell, Aubrey Hugh (Major, d.1918)

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Accession Number 1DRL/0233
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Letter
Maker Darnell, Aubrey Hugh
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1928; 1915-1918
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/86
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Collection relating to service of Major Aubrey Hugh Darnell DSO, 11 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1918. Collection includes copies of letters written home to family in England. Originals were made available to Australia House, London for copying by Darnell's family in 1928, in response to a request made by the Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown.

History / Summary

Biographical note: Major, DSO, 11th Bn, AIF. Civil servant of Perth, WA; born Dublin, Ireland 7 May 1886; educated at Cargilfield Preparatory School, Edinburgh; and Pocklington Grammar, Yorkshire, England; was commissioned in 3 Munster Fusiliers in 1903; came to Australia September 1910; appointed Second Lieutenant 11 Battalion, AIF 25 August 1914; appointed Lieutenant 1 February 1915; temporary Captain 11 September 1915; Captain 20 February 1916; appointed Staff Captain, B Group Tidworth 25 July 1916; rejoined 11 Battalion 1 May 1917; appointed second in command 11 Battalion, 26 June 1918. Died 24 September 1918 of wounds received near Roisel, France.