Edwards, Richard Asaph (Private, b.1886 - d.1974)

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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
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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.