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Accession Number | PR91/192 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 2cm. |
Object type | Diary |
Maker |
Edwards, Richard Asaph |
Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
Date made | 1914-1915 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 91/0829 |
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. |
Edwards, Richard Asaph (Private, b.1886 - d.1974)
Description
Original and typed transcript of diary kept by Edwards during his service. He describes shipboard life on the convoy to Alexandria, local conditions, food, military training and duties, the Wassir Riot, the move to the Dardanelles, receipt of mail, the Gallipoli Landing, the routine, the armistice to bury the dead, the sinking of ships, swimming, lack of rest, rations, flies, hospitalisation with dysentery at Heliopolis.