| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2018.19.23 |
| Collection number | PR00394 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 11 |
| Object type | Newspaper cutting |
| Physical description | 14 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force The Daily Telegraph Unknown Various |
| Place made | At sea, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1914-1915; unknown |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Newspaper clippings relating to Henry Miller Lanser, 1914-1915
Description
Serials and newspaper clippings relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 1914-1915; unknown.
This collection includes newspaper clippings collected by Lanser, several featuring Lanser, and a selection broadly relating to his First World War service. Of note is an article from The Daily Telegraph titled "Turks We Wanted, Turks We Got" dated 9 June 1915, comprising a letter written by Lanser to his family that is not in the Australian War Memorial collection. In this letter, Lanser recalls the first landing at Gallipoli, four subsequent days of fighting, his wounding by a sniper and his subsequent convalescence.
This file contains:
Troopship serial 'The Kangaroo - Out Of His Element', [The representative newspaper of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force (1st Battalion) published on board the troopship 'Afric' 1914] [includes valediction from Henry Miller Lanser to his family] 26 October 1914;
Troopship serial 'The Kangaroo - Out Of His Element', [The representative newspaper of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force (1st Battalion) published on board the troopship 'Afric' 1914] 24 November 1914;
Newspaper clipping titled 'The Landing At Gallipoli - Vivid Details Of The Fighting', [9 May 1915];
Newspaper clipping from [The Daily Telegraph] titled "Turks We Wanted, Turks We Got", Sydney, 9 June 1915;
Newspaper clipping from The Daily Telegraph titled 'Heroes of Gallipoli', 12 June 1915;
Newspaper clipping titled 'The Landing In The Gallipoli Peninsula' [date unknown];
Newspaper clipping titled 'The Fly Pest - Precautions At Gallipoli' [date unknown];
Newspaper clipping titled 'A Clever Trench Trick' [date unknown] [includes handwritten note];
Newspaper cartoon clipping titled 'The "Con-stan-TIN-ope-ners." [date unknown];
Newspaper clipping of a photograph captioned 'Lieut. Henry Miller Lanser', [date unknown] [includes handwritten note]; and
Envelope titled '1914 - 1918 War time cuttings etc. & letters from comrades'.