Letters from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, 1915-1917

Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Heliopolis Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Zeitoun Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Asia: Ceylon, Colombo Europe: France Europe: France, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhone, Marseilles Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Dunoon Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland, Glasgow Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows, Broadmeadows Camp
Accession Number	AWM2018.19.17
Collection number	PR03788
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	26
Object type	Letter, Postcard
Physical description	65 Image/s captured
Maker	Robinson, Hector Aldridge
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Gippsland, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows, Broadmeadows Camp, Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London, United Kingdom: Scotland
Date made	1915-1917
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918

Places

Accession Number

AWM2018.19.17

Collection number

PR03788

Collection type

Digitised Collection

Record type

File

Item count

Object type

Letter, Postcard

Physical description

65 Image/s captured

Maker

Robinson, Hector Aldridge

Place made

Australia: Victoria, Gippsland, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows, Broadmeadows Camp, Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London, United Kingdom: Scotland

Date made

1915-1917

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Correspondence relating to the First World War service of 682 Lieutenant Hector Aldridge Robinson, 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion.

This file contains 22 letters, postcards and telegrams written by Lt Robinson to his fiancee Mabel Broom from 14 February 1915 to 2 October 1917. In these letters, Lt Robinson discusses home matters, including an offer to release her from their engagement upon enlistment, time on Lemnos, training as a machine gunner, impressions, military life, and battles whilst in France. Two leave passes, an identification tag, a photocopy of a letter from AIF Base Records Office to May Violet Robinson regarding her brother's Military Medal, and a photocopy of Lt Robinson's recommendation for the Military Medal are also included in this collection.

This file contains:

Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, Broadmeadows Camp, [14 February 1915];
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, Melbourne, [15 February 1915];
Leave pass of Hector Aldridge [Robinson], Broadmeadows Camp, 23 March 1915;
Postcard from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, [c.1915];
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, Egypt, [c. 1915];
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, Egypt, 20 July 1915;
Postcard from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, [Egypt], 9 September 1915;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, Gallipoli, 15 October 1915;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, [Gallipoli], 31 October 1915;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, [Gallipoli], 7 November 1915;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, Egypt, [c. November 1915];
Postcard from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, [France], 9 April 1916;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, France, 14 April 1916;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, France, 4 June 1916;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, France, 22 July 1916;
Telegram from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, 20 September 1916;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, Scotland, 28 September 1916;
Photocopy of a letter from AIF Base Records Office to May Violet Robinson, [London], 10 January 1917;
Photocopy of Corporal Hector Aldridge Robinson's recommendation for Military Medal, 11 August 1916;
Identification tag for 682 Corporal Hector Robinson, 5 August 1916;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, France, 20 April 1917;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, France, 23 June 1917;
Leave pass to Amiens for Lieut Hector Aldridge Robinson, 29 June 1917;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, [France], 5 August 1917;
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, [France], [1 October 1917]; and
Letter from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, [France], 2 October 1917.