| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000294 |
| Collection number | PR88/102 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 27 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 98 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Various |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1911-1944 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Records of Sydney James Campbell, 1911-1944
Description
Miscellaneous records relating to the First World War service of Captain Sydney James Campbell, 8th Light Horse Regiment, AAMC. These items date from 1911-1944 and include correspondence, photographs and diary entries. Campbell writes of his homesickness, and conditions at Gallipoli. This file also contains letters of condolence and tributes written after Campbell's death.
File contains:
Letter to Sydney Campbell regarding lists for final honours in medicine, 8 January 1911;
7 photographs relating to the loading and transport of horses on ship;
Letter from G Howard to Sydney Campbell, 12 February 1915;
Diary entries on loose pages, dated from 25 February 1915 - 13 March 1915;
Diary entries on loose pages, dated from 25 February 1915 - 26 May 1915
Letter from Sydney Campbell, 8 May 1915;
Letter from Sydney Campbell to father, 13 May 1915;
"Dardenelles Driveller", No 1, 17 May 1915;
Page from "Peninsula Press", 30 May 1915;
Negative of a photograph of a soldier in uniform;
Postcard from Sydney Campbell to "Miss Campbell";
Letter card from Sydney Campbell to "Miss Campbell";
Letter from Sydney Campbell to "Old Hett", 20 June 1915;
Typed transcript of letter from Sydney Campbell to "Old Hett", 20 June 1915;
Letter from Sydney Campbell to "my dear Hett", 12 July 1915;
12 sketches of terrain at Gallipoli;
Letter from Major Thomas Harold Redford to Mr and Mrs Campbell, 16 July 1916;
Letter from M B Higgins [Mervyn Bournes Higgins] to Mr Campbell, 16 July [1915];
Letter from Chaplain J C McPhee to Mr Campbell, 16 July 1915;
Letter from Colonel [Frederic Godfrey] Hughes to Mr Campbell, 17 July 1915;
Photograph on card, on reverse: "Syd, taken before leaving, October 14th 1914";
Typed extract from "The Speculum" [obituary for Sydney James Campbell], October 1915;
Letter from Acting Master of Ormond College to Mrs Theo A DeRavin, 13 October 1944;
Envelope addressed to Miss Cambpell;
Envelope addressed to Dr S J Campbell;
Postcard from Sydney Campbell to "Miss Campbell";
Pages 32 to 40 of notes published [probably] in a pocket diary