| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0001257 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0427 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 21 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 59 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon |
| Place made | At sea, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows, Ceylon: Colombo, Egypt: Cairo, Egypt: North Egypt, Mena |
| Date made | 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, 1914
McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon (Major, b.1890 - d.1916)
- Series 2: Letters from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, 1914-1916
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Description
Letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 7th Battalion.
These letters from McCrae to his family span the period September 1914 to December 1914 and cover: camp life at Broadmeadows camp; embarkation on the troopship HMAT Hororata A20; life on board; the troopship convoy from Australia to Egypt; sketches and illustrations made by McCrae; observations of Colombo; details of the encounter between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden; hospitalisation on board; arrival and staging in Egypt; camp at Mena at the foot of the pyramids; observations on Cairo.
This file contains:
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, Camp, [Broadmeadows], 7 September 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, Broadmeadows, 15 September 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, Broadmeadows, 21 September 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, Hororata, off Williamstown, 18 October 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, Hororata, Port Phillip, 18 October 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, "Hororata" A20, King George's Sound, [Western Australia], 25 October 1914 [includes illustrations of ships];
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, [on board Hororata], [Albany], 27 October 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, H.M.A.T. "Hororata" A20, 14 November 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, T.S. Hororata A20, [between 14 and 17 November];
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, Colombo, 17 November 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, "Hororata", 18 November 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, Hororata A20, 24 November 1914 [includes handwritten drawing of Colombo];
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, "The Tropics", [n.d.];
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, Hororata A20, Gulf of Suez, 1 December 1914;
Handwritten transcript of letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, The Pyramids, Sahara, 7 December 1914 [transcript made by father];
Customs declaration of the Egyptian Post Office, 8 December 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, Mena Camp, 9 December 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, Cairo, 14 December 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his sister, Mena, 14 December 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, Cairo, 25 December 1914;
Letter from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, Mena, 31 December 1914 [includes illustration of Mena camp].