| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0001121 |
| Collection number | PR04347 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 6 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 17 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Cole, Harold James Dickinson |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Kensington, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Neutral Bay, South Africa: Gauteng, Johannesburg, Wynberg, United Kingdom: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen |
| Date made | 1918-1920 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Letters from Harold Cole to Dorothea "Dorrie" Adams, 1918-1920
Description
Letters relating to Dorothea Ellen Adams, sweetheart of 30239 Driver Gordon Cecil Buckingham Champion, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column. This file contains letters written to Adams by Lieutenant Harold James Cole of the 33rd Battalion. These letters cover: the heat and conditions in the trenches on the Western Front; Wilton Campbell Gamack of the 19th Battalion, believed missing in action; leave to and sightseeing in England and Scotland; the journey back to Australia after the war, including the collision of S.S. Themistocles with a coal barque; unrequited love; congratulations on the engagement of Adams and Champion. This file contains:
Letter from Harold Cole to Dorothea "Dorrie" Adams, 25 May 1918;
Letter from Harold Cole to Dorothea "Dorrie" Adams, Aberdeen, Scotland, 10 September 1918;
Letter from Harold Cole to Dorothea "Dorrie" Adams, Wynberg, South Africa, 18 July 1919;
Letter from Harold Cole to Dorothea "Dorrie" Adams, Neutral Bay, 18 December 1919;
Letter from Harold Cole to Dorothea "Dorrie" Adams, Neutral Bay, 2 July 1920;
Letter from Harold Cole to Dorothea "Dorrie" Adams, Kensington, 13 November 1920.