Letters from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, 1916

Letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Ronald Lennox Henderson, Australian Army Medical Corps. The first letter describes the camp at Tel el Kebir and the work done at the hospital there. He describes his visits to Cairo and seeing colleagues from Australia in the camp. The remaining letters are all written in France and Belgium where he served as the Regimental Medical Officer (unit doctor) for the 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion. Henderson expresses strong thoughts about fit men who take extended sick leave or who return to Australia uninjured. He describes the rest billets in France as well as the canteens and shops where the men can buy almost everything they need. In his July letter, Henderson discusses a shrapnel wound he received to his leg and tells his mother not to worry, describing it as it was a minor injury. Describes the Battle of Pozieres and its aftermath. Discusses keeping the ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres as a permanent memorial to the war. Mentions the conscription vote.

This file includes:
Letter from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, Tel el Kebir, 17 February 1916
Letter from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, France, 17 May 1916
Letter from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, [France], 11 June 1916
Letter from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, [France], 17 July 1916
Letter from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, [France], 1 August 1916
Letter from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, [Belgium], 30 September 1916
Letter from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, [France], 19 October 1916 [original letter]
Handwritten transcript of letter from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, [France], 19 October 1916 [transcribed by his mother in Toowoomba]
Handwritten transcript of letter from Ronald Lennox Henderson to his mother, [France], 19 October 1916 [carbon copy of letter transcribed by his mother in Toowoomba]