| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2018.785.1 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0084 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 67 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Baker, Thomas Charles Richmond |
| Place made | Belgium, Egypt, France |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Letters relating to the service of Thomas Charles Richmond Baker 1916-1917
Description
Letters relating to the First World War service of 9470 Captain Thomas Charles Richmond "Rich" Baker, DFC, MM, 6th Field Artillery Brigade, 1916-1917. File includes copies of letters written to family and covers his artillery and communications activities in France while attached to 16th Battery, Australian Field Artillery. This file includes photostat copies of letters from Egypt, France and Belgium 1916-1917. These copies were made by the Australian War Memorial in [unknown]; location of the originals is unknown. In one of these letters Baker describes the acts for which his Military Medal was awarded, although modestly admits that he "scarcely know[s] what it was for", stating "I just did my best, that's all".
This file contains:
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother and brothers. Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, 27 January, 1916
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother, France, 16 June, 1916.
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother, France, 25th August [c. 1916] written from somewhere in France
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother, France, 21 November, 1916
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother, France, 23 January, 1917
Letter from Thomas Baker to "all", 4 March, 1917
Letter from Thomas Baker to Ma & Jeff, France 16 June, 1917
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother, dated 8th July, 1917 from France
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother August 19th, 1917, Belgium