Series 2: Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, 1914-1916

McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon (Major, b.1890 - d.1916)

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Accession Number RCDIG0001246
Collection number 1DRL/0427
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Series
Item count 143
Object type Letter
Physical description 407 Image/s captured
Maker McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon
Place made At sea, Australia, Ceylon, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece: Aegean Islands, Lemnos, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli)
Date made 1914-1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

This series contains letters written by Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, originally of 7th Battalion and later 60th Battalion. These letters cover McCrae's journey to Egypt in 1914, his service at Gallipoli with the 7th Battalion in 1915, and his subsequent transfer to the 60th Battalion and the Western Front in France. Some of the letters have been transcribed from originals by McCrae’s father. This series contains:
Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, 1914;
Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, January 1915 to March 1915;
Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, April 1915 to June 1915;
Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, July 1915 to September 1915;
Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, October 1915 to December 1915;
Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, 1916.

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