| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0471 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Main, Eric Claude |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1930 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/741 |
| 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. |
Main, Eric Claude (Lieutenant, b.1890 - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Eric Claude Main, 52 Battalion AIF, France, 1916. The collection consists of a typescript copy of a letter Main wrote to his mother on 2 September 1916, in which he describes the recent heavy fighting. Lieutenant Main was killed at Mouquet Farm the following day.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant Eric Claude Main, 52 Battalion AIF, who on 3 September 1916 was killed in action during an attack on Mouquet Farm (Pozieres). Other biographical details concerning him are: Insurance manager; of Brisbane, Queensland, born Brisbane; educated at Fort Street Public School, Sydney; joined the AIF on 14 September 1915; age at time of death, 26.