| Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR06242 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 2cm. |
| Object type | Diary |
| Maker |
Morton, Douglas Herbert Harrison |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1915-1916 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Morton, Douglas Herbert Harrison (Captain, b.1898 - d.c.1990)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of No 2190 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Douglas Herbert Harrison Morton, 9th Battalion AIF. Collection consists of one black soft covered exercise book in which L/Cpl Morton wrote a handwritten letter of over 100 pages, to his mother, whilst he was in hospital recovering from enteric fever in 1915 contracted while at Gallipoli. He also served in France and was badly wounded at Moquet's Farm in an engagement in which he was awarded the Military Medal. Included in the exercise book are a collection of postcards from places he visited. Some postcards are loose, whilst the majority have been adhered to the pages. Also included written in the book are verses, poems and quotations, handwritten by L/Cpl Morton, most with the author cited, and a few loose newspaper articles.