| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0609 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 2 cms. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Adcock, Harold Handley Yeadon, Charles Frederick |
| Place made | At sea, Egypt, France, Greece: Aegean Islands, Lemnos, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1915-1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/969 |
| 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. |
Yeadon, Charles Frederick (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Charles Frederick Yeadon, 22 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, 1915-1917. Collection consists of thirty letters written by Yeadon to his family whilst on active service, and a letter of condolence written by 3755 Private Harold Hadley Adcock, 22 Battalion, AIF, to the parents of the late Lieutenant Yeadon.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant Charles Frederick Yeadon, MC, 22 Battalion, AIF, who on 5 August 1916 was killed in action at Pozieres. Other biographical details concerning him are: Engineer of Bayswater, Victoria; born Brunswick, Victoria; educated at Bayswater State School; served for a time in the Victorian Scottish Regiment; joined the AIF on 15 February 1915; age at time of death, 28; son of John Lincoln Yeadon and Elizabeth Yeadon, of 71 Blair St., Moreland, Victoria, Australia.