Dymock, David Lindsay Edward (Corporal, b.1910 - d.1967)

Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX10550 Corporal David Lindsay Edward Dymock, 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, at sea and the Middle East, 1941-1942.

Wallet 1 of 1 – Contains two folders of correspondence from Corporal David Lindsay Edward Dymock to his parents, James Lindsay Dymock and Rose Winifred Dymock (née Day).

Folder 1 of 2 consists of 29 letters [including envelopes] from Corporal Dymock to his parents, dated between 1 January and 27 July 1941. These letters were written during the period of Corporal Dymock’s embarkation and service as the paymaster for 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion in Palestine and Egypt. In his letters, Corporal Dymock writes about his embarkation, playing drums in a band, being busy on pay day, travelling in a large convoy, having shore leave, his diet, arriving in the Middle East, sightseeing in a local village, his impressions of Palestine, receiving mail from home, personal finances, converting currency to pay his battalion, having leave in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv, living in a sandy environment, meeting old friends, travelling in a truck to deliver pay to personnel, attending a map reading school, sightseeing in Cairo, and meeting people of many different nationalities. Corporal Dymock also responds to news from home.

Folder 2 of 2 consists of 20 letters from Corporal Dymock to his parents, dated between 33 September 1941 and 26 November 1942, and one letter from QX6263 Major Gordon Arthur Mclintock Searle to Mrs Dymock, dated 1 April 1942. These letters were written during the period of Lance Sergeant Dymock’s service as the paymaster for 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion in Palestine and Syria. In his letters, Corporal Dymock writes about being busy with work, receiving mail from home, having leave in Haifa and Tel Aviv, participating in a musical revue, his diet, enjoying life in the Army, seeing films at the cinema, spending time in a Jewish settlement, receiving a promotion, hearing news about the war, the construction of slit trenches, celebrating Christmas in the camp, receiving parcels from the Australian Comforts Fund, personal finances, camping in an ancient monastery, meeting old friends, attending an intelligence school, and sightseeing in Damascus. Corporal Dymock also responds to news from home.