Transcript of diary of Percy Lay, 1914-1919

Lay, Percy MC, DCM, MM, C de G (Captain, b.1892 - d.1955)

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Places	Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres Europe: France Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Hazebrouck Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Dernancourt Middle East: Mesopotamia Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number	RCDIG0000456
Collection number	PR83/058
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	106 Image/s captured
Maker	Lay, Percy
Date made	1914-1919
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Handwritten transcript of a diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy Lay, 8th Battalion. This transcript was made by Captain Lay on his return to Australia and covers the dates of his service, from 19 October 1914 to 11 October 1919. The additions to the original diary made in this transcript by Captain Lay describe his time with Dunsterforce and the Special Service Unit, escorting deportees overseas.