Letters from Wilfred Evans to his family, 1917

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Accession Number RCDIG0000962
Collection number 2DRL/0014
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 35
Object type Letter
Physical description 175 Image/s captured
Maker Evans, Wilfred
Place made Egypt: Cairo, Egypt: Frontier, Sinai, Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Gaza
Date made 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Description

Letters relating to the First World War service of Major Wilfred Evans, Australian Army Medical Corps. In this series of letters from 1917, Evans details his service in the Sinai and Palestine. He describes the battles of Gaza, in particular that of Beersheba, and includes related hand drawn maps and diagrams. Evans also details his promotion to Major, service conditions, and sights like those of Jerusalem and Ramleh.
This file contains:
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 4 January 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 12 January 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, Cairo, 23 January 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 26 January 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 4 February 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 19 February 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 23 February 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 2 March 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 17 March 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 31 March 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 7 April 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 15 April 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 24 April 1917;
Cablegram from Wilfred Evans to Thomas, received at Candelo, New South Wales, 30 April 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 10 June 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, Cairo, 17 June 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, Palestine, 24 June 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 1 July 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 9 July 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 28 July 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 2 August 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 10 August 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 20 August 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 28 August 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 14 September 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 22 September 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 1 October 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 8 October 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 21 October, 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 20 November 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 26 November 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 9 December 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 17 December 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his mother, 25 December 1917;
Letter from Wilfred Evans to his brother, 30 December 1917.