| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 2DRL/0072 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 6 wallets: 11 cms. |
| Object type | Diary, Letter, Book |
| Maker |
Auld, Patrick Howard Auld, Stuart Auld, Stuart Anthony (Tony) English, Thomas Wolmer |
| Place made | At sea, Australia, Egypt, France, Germany, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1914-1919; 2004 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/2903 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Auld, Patrick Howard (Captain, b.1894 - d.1972)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Patrick Howard Auld MC, 4th Field Ambulance and 50th Battalion. This is a large and comprehensive collection of diary extracts and letters written primarily by Capt Auld during 1914-1919 and covering the full extent of his experience.
Wallet 1
Consists of four booklets relating to Capt Patrick Howard Auld, compiled by his nephew Tony Auld. They include diary and letter transcripts.
Wallet 2
Consists of diary extracts typed by the Memorial in the 1930's, from the original diary which was returned to Capt Auld. The first entries are brief but descriptive, spanning the period 22 December 1914 until 26 December 1915, including the landing at Gallipoli. The rest of the diary entries are longer and more detailed, recounting the events starting on the evening of 24 April 1918 at Villers Bretonneux when he was capture by the Germans, his time as a prisoner of war, and his escape in September 1918. He was later recaptured by the Germans.
Wallet 3
Consists of 39 letters written by Capt Auld home to family and friends, during 1914-1915.
Wallet 4
Consists of 34 letters written by Capt Auld home to family and friends, during 1916.
Wallet 5
Consists of 40 letters written by Capt Auld home to family and friends, during 1917-1919.
The collection also consists of material related to Captain Auld's brother, Lieutenant Stuart Auld, 50th Battalion and Second Lieutenant Thomas Wolmer English, 50th Battalion. Capt Auld and 2/Lt English served together and later became brothers-in-law when Capt Auld married 2/Lt English's sister, Marie Ethel English.
Wallet 6
Consists of: a booklet relating to Lieutenant Stuart Auld, compiled by his nephew Tony Auld; two letters written by Lt Auld in 1916 and 1918; nine letters written by 2/Lt Thomas Wolmer English in 1915 (some are incorrectly dated), and one from France in 1917.