Whitelaw MM, Ivan Cecil (Corporal, b.1894 - d.1918)

Place Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Meteren
Accession Number PR04455
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Papers
Maker Hayden, Henry Arthur
Place made France
Date made 1918
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of 2910 Corporal Ivan Cecil Whitelaw MM, Australian Imperial Force. Collection consists of a note written by Chaplain Henry Arthur Hayden detailing the manner of death of Whitelaw during an attack on Meteren during the night of 23-24 April 1918 and his place of burial. Whitelaw served with the 12th Battalion, and was awarded the Military Medal on 18 July 1917.