Martin, Leslie James (Lieutenant, b.1889 - d.?)

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Accession Number 1DRL/0483
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Letter
Maker Martin, Leslie James
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1928
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/1587A
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Leslie James Martin, 1 Machine Gun Company, AIF. Collection consists of a typed copy of a letter written by Lieutenant Martin to [his brother?] Jack, in July 1916. The letter gives a vivid and graphic account of Martin's experience of the Battle of Fromelles.