| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2018.19.57 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0441 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 98 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Mackay, Alexander Sutherland |
| Place made | Belgium, France |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Letters from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to his Family, 1918
Description
File of letters relating to the First World War service of 30137 Gunner Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade. These letters written between the 1 January and 4 November 1918 mentions: his leave in Paris; meeting up with his brother; the weather at the front; the letters he received and the frequency of the postal services; no special movement around the battlefields; his thought that the winter is not a cold as it was in 1917; his hope to get further leave and some of the action he is experiencing as he get closer to the Hindenberg line.
This file contains:
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to his mother, France, 1 January 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Lily [his sister], France, 11 January 1918;
Field Service Post Card signed by Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 28 January 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], 31 January 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to his mother, France, 3 February 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], Belgium, 16 February 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to his mother, Belgium, 3 March 1918;
Field Service Post Card signed by Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 1 April 1918;
Field Service Post Card by Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 3 April 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Elsie [his sister], France, 4 April 1918;
Field Service Post Card signed by Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 15 April 1918;
Field Service Post Card signed by Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 18 April 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], France, 19 April 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Elsie [his sister], France, 2 May 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Lil [his sister], 8 May 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to his mother, France, 19 May 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to his mother, France, 8 June 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], France, 18 June 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Elsie [his sister], France, 27 June 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Lil [his sister], France, 9 July 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to his mother, France, 1 August 1918;
Field Service Post Card signed by Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 14 August 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], France, 16 August 1918;
Field Service Post Card signed by Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 1 September 1918;
Field Service Post Card signed by Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 9 September 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to his mother, France, 9 September 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], France, 14 September 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], France, 20 September 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], France, 1 October 1918;
Field Service Post Card signed by Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 19 October 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], France, 22 October 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to his mother, France, 8 November 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], France, 20 November 1918;
Letter from Alexander Sutherland Mackay to Roy [his brother], Brancourt, France, 4 November [December] 1918.