| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2018.19.106 |
| Collection number | PR00441 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 5 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 17 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Leach, William Rawson Elsworth |
| Place made | Belgium, Belgium: Wallonie, Hainaut, Charleroi, United Kingdom: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen |
| Date made | 1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Letters from William Rawson Leach to his family, 1919
Description
File of letters relating to the First World War service of 34298 Gunner William Rawson Leach, 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade. The letters cover between 8 April and 16 June 1919 and detail: a recount of a tour he and a friend went on through Belgium for eight days describing the places he visited; his return to England; being offered a job at an engineering firm at Aberdeen for a few months before the boat takes him to Australia; a shipping strike in Australia and his fears that it will delay his return home.
This file contains:
Letter from William Rawson Leach to his mother, Belgium, 8 April 1919
Letter from William Rawson Leach to his mother, Charleroi, 10 April 1919
Letter from William Rawson Leach to his mother, No 4 Camp, AASC Dept, Park House, Salisbury Plains, 21 April 1919
Letter from William Rawson Leach to his mother, 38 Schoolhill, Aberdeen, 3 June 1919
Letter from William Rawson Leach to his mother, 38 Schoolhill, Aberdeen, 16 June 1919