| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2017.6.213 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/0518 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 80 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Downes, Rupert Major |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Ottoman Empire: Syria |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copy of Diary No.11 of Rupert Major Downes, 30 July - 17 November 1918
Description
Diary relating to the First World War service of Colonel Rupert Major Downes, Desert Mounted Corps. This diary written between 30 July and 17 November 1918 is carbon copy book whihc contis the original pages.
This diary covers: his work as the Deputy Director of Medical Services of the Desert Mounted Corps listing the people he talks to and the places he visits; an outbreak of Spanish Flu; the trouble the weather caused; the visit by Major General Richard Herbert Joseph Fetherston; his visit to Lejjun; his view on the battles around Megiddo, Semakh and Nazrareth; his visit to Damascus where he inspected the French, Turkish and English hospitals there; the conditions he found at these hospitals and the changes he implemented to improve them; his efforts to manage the malaria outbreak in Damascus and his reaction to the news of the armistice.
Given that the binding is quite tight and the that the page were written using carbon paper, some pages will be hard to read in this diary.