Diary No.2 of Rupert Major Downes, 15 May - 25 September 1915

Downes, Rupert Major (Major General, CMG, VD AAMC)

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Places	Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos, Mudros Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Gaba Tepe Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Walker's Ridge
Accession Number	AWM2017.6.200
Collection number	3DRL/0518
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	63 Image/s captured
Maker	Downes, Rupert Major
Place made	Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made	1915
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918

Description

Diary relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Major Downes, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance. This diary written between 15 May and 25 September 1915 covers his landing at Gallipoli with Brigade Headquarters, 8th and 9th Light Horse, 3rd Signal Troop, the Otago Mounted rifles and other returning soldiers; the armistice on the 24 of may to bury the dead; action of the field ambulance in the Anzac Area of Gallipoli; his order to move to Mudros and the subsequent return weeks later during the August offensive and the medial conditions he found at Anzac cove.