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Accession Number | PR05624 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
Object type | Card, Letter |
Maker |
Larkin, Percy Augustine |
Place made | Ottoman Empire: Palestine |
Date made | 1917-1918 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Larkin, Percy Augustine (Private, b.1888 - d.1964)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3234 Private Percy Augustine Larkin, 3 Light Horse Field Ambulance, Palestine, 1917-1918.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of two letters and a Christmas card that Larkin sent to his brother while serving in Palestine in 1917-1918. He writes of Christmas 1917, coming under shell fire, the destruction wrought by bombs, the land and local farm work, Jewish villages, Jerusalem, and the advance to Damascus.