Bosward, Charles Frederick Richmond (Lance Sergeant, b.1889 - d.1915)

Place	Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number	3DRL/4104
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type	Diary, Manuscript
Maker	Bosward, Charles Frederick Richmond
Date made	unknown
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM315 419/034/014
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of 958 Lance Sergeant Charles Frederick Richmond Bosward, 4 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of a handwritten copy of a diary kept by Lance Sergeant Bosward from 3 April 1915 to 4 August 1915. Bosward describes the landing at Gallipoli and his time on the peninsular describing condtions, actions and noting people he knew.

History / Summary

Charles Frederick Richmond Bosward was wounded during the attack on Lone Pine on 6 August 1915 and died of his wounds a week later on 14 August 1915. He is buried in Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey.