Diary of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1914-1916

Cunningham, Alexander Jackson MC (Captain)

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Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, Cairo Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Mena Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Tel el Kebir Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Serapeum Asia: Ceylon, Colombo Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Bethune, Fleurbaix Europe: France, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhone, Marseilles Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos, Mudros Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli) Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Anzac Beach, Watson's Pier Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Gaba Tepe Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, North Beach, Williams Pier Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Russell's Top Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Shrapnel Gully Area, Shrapnel Gully Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Bolton's Ridge, Victoria Gully Middle East: Yemen, Aden Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Albany
Accession Number	RCDIG0000917
Collection number	3DRL/3070
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	45 Image/s captured
Maker	Cunningham, Alexander Jackson
Place made	At sea, Australia, Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Western Front
Date made	1914-1916
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 2nd Field Company Engineers. In this diary, kept between 17 October 1914 and 4 July 1916, Cunningham describes his journey to Egypt and subsequent deployment to the Gallipoli peninsula. As an accompaniment to his technical diagrams and sketches included in this collection, Cunningham describes the daily work of the engineers of 2 Field Company (1 Division) in constructing trenches and fortifications. The diary concludes with the evacuation of ANZAC and Cunningham's subsequent transfer to the Western Front in France.