Brown, Garland Kent (Staff Sergeant)

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Accession Number PR91/058
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 item
Object type Diary
Maker Brown, Garland Kent
Date made 1914-1915
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 91/0387
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Description

Diary describes work and training of 3rd Field Ambulance, landing at Gallipoli and evacuation of casualties. Sergeant Brown worked on the hospital ships Malda, Suffolk, and Galeka as well as on the peninsula. Mentions fighting, general conditions, execution of spies on Lemnos, diseases including cholera, until his own evacuation due to illness.