| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0275 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Ewart, Gordon Edmund |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, France |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/1065 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Ewart, Gordon Edmund (Private)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 3305 Private Gordon Edmund Ewart, 58 Battalion, France 1916-1918. Collection includes a typewritten extracts from a letter and a diary.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Private, 58th Bn, AIF. 1 October 1918 killed in action at Bellicourt. Clerk, of Lilydale, VIC, born Windsor, VIC a descendant of Charles Ewart of the Scots Greys who captured an eagle from the 45th Regiment at Waterloo; educated Montrose State School, joined AIF 3 August 1915, fought at Fleurbaix and on the Somme, at Morchies, Bapaume, Bullecourt, Ypres, Polygon Wood, Westhoek Ridge, Messines, Villers-Bretonneux, Morlancourt and Bellicourt; age at time of death 20 years 8 months.