| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 2DRL/0218 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 2 wallets: 2 cm |
| Object type | Diary, Typescript |
| Maker |
Morgan, Roger |
| Place made | Australia, Belgium, Egypt, France |
| Date made | 1915-1919 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/2942 |
| 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. |
Morgan, Roger (Lance Corporal, b.1894 - d?)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 8353 Lance Corporal Roger Morgan, 1st Field Ambulance AAMC (attached to 2nd Infantry Battalion), 1915-1918. Collection consists of typed transcripts of two personal diaries kept by Lance Corporal Morgan. The diary entries were collated as Book I, covering 22 July 1915 to 11 March 1918, and Book II covering 11 March 1918 to 14 May 1919. Diary entries are made at regular intervals and cover a wide range of Morgan’s experiences and observations. The entries commence with his enlistment at Victoria Barracks in Sydney as a stretcher-bearer in 1st Field Ambulance, continue with the troopship voyage to France via Egypt, then progress to many vivid and detailed descriptions of various front-line and non-combat experiences in France and Belgium. Morgan’s entries for the main period of his active service in 1915-1918 include: troop movements between towns, intense enemy action and counter-attacks, life in army camps and billets, his medical work and that of others, short visits to England, his own hospital visits for treatment of wounds, and the demobilisation process that includes a troopship voyage home to Australia in 1919.