Diary of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1917-1918

Cunningham, Alexander Jackson MC (Captain)

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Places	Africa: South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Town Africa: South Africa, Natal, Durban Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres, Menin Road Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Baizieux Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle
Accession Number	RCDIG0000920
Collection number	3DRL/3070
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	52 Image/s captured
Maker	Cunningham, Alexander Jackson
Place made	At sea, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom: England, Western Front
Date made	1917-1918
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 28 April 1917 and 18 May 1918, Cunningham recalls the First and Second Battles of Passchendaele, the Battle of Menin Road Ridge, the Battle of Polygon Wood, and the Battle of Battle of Broodseinde. 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 his return to Australia.