| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2017.6.193 |
| Collection number | PR82/008 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 3 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Crane, Clifford Gordon |
| Place made | France |
| Date made | 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Copy of letter from Corporal Clifford Gordon Crane to his mother
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
- Folder of letters relating to the Sydney Morning Herald
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Description
Copy of letter from Corporal Clifford Gordon Crane to his mother, France, 8 July 1916. In his letter, Crane informs his mother of his good health, describes his lodgings in France and the recent move to a farm on the border between France and Belgium and indicates that the next offensive is in its early day. At the end of the letter he mentions that he is enclosing an account of the evacuation of Gallipoli. Attached to this letter is a typed account from Corporal Clifford Gordon Crane, 2nd Signal Company, titled 'The Evacuation of the Anzac- Suvla Position On Gallipoli Peninsula, on 19-20 December, 1915'. The account gives an overview of the evacuation including the precautions taken, the inactivity of the Turkish battery and their charge of Courtney’s and Russell’s Top, 26 hours after the evacuation.