Woodward, Oliver Holmes (Captain, MC (2 bars) 1 Australian Tunnelling Company b: 1885)

Place Europe: Belgium
Accession Number MSS0717
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Manuscript
Maker Woodward, Oliver Holmes
Date made 1930
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 419/118/018
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Description

Manuscript titled "The Firing of the Hill 60 Mines by the First Australian Tunnelling Company", written by Captain Oliver Holmes Woodward. Discusses the strategic importance of Hill 60 on the Messines Ridge near Ypres, development of tunnels, description of mining system. Covers period October 1916 to June 1917.