| Place | Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Gawler |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR05929 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter, Souvenir |
| Maker |
Franklin, Rodney Vernon |
| Place made | Egypt: Alexandria |
| Date made | 1915; 1918 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Franklin, Rodney Vernon (Lieutanant, b.1896 - d.1917)
Description
+Collection relating to 414 Corporal (Cpl) Rodney Vernon Franklin, who served with 10th Battalion AIF, before joining the Royal Lancaster Regiment of the Royal Flying Corps as a Lieutenant in November 1915. Franklin was killed in a flying accident in Egypt on 24 June 1917. Collection comprises handwritten copies of two letters written by Cpl Franklin from Alexandria in May 1915 - the copies are believed to be in the handwriting of his mother - and a souvenir booklet produced to mark the occasion of the visit to Gawler in South Australia on 11 November 1918 of the French Mission, under the leadership of General Pau, and the presentation to the Franklin family of the French Croix to Guerre awarded posthumously to Lt Franklin.