Memoir of Arthur Ross Bramwell Bollard, 1914

Bollard, Arthur Ross Bramwell (Bandsman, b.1894 - d.1952)

Places	Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney Oceania: Australia, Queensland Oceania: German New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Pomerania, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Blanche Bay Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Herbertshohe Oceania: Pacific Islands, Fiji, Suva Oceania: Pacific Islands, New Caledonia, Noumea Oceania: Pacific Islands, Samoa, Upolo, Apia Oceans: Pacific Ocean
Accession Number	AWM2016.30.50
Collection number	3DRL/6061
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Memoir
Physical description	43 Image/s captured
Maker	Bollard, Arthur Ross Bramwell
Place made	At sea
Date made	c.1919
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Memoir relating to the First World War service of Bandsman Arthur Ross Bramwell Bollard, HMAS Australia. This memoir covers the period 30 July 1914 to 24 September 1914. It was written within a log book onboard HMAS Australia. Bollard describes life on HMAS Australia including recreational activities, concerts, and weather and sea conditions. He decribes the atmosphere in Sydney after the declaration of war, impressions of Port Moresby, Noumea, and Fiji. He also decribes the taking of the Bita Paka wireless station at Rabual, and the deaths of Brian Pockley and Robert Moffatt, and the lost of the submarine A.E.1.