| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2018.785.2 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0084 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter, Greeting card |
| Physical description | 97 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Baker, Thomas Charles Richmond |
| Place made | France, United Kingdom: England, United Kingdom: Scotland |
| Date made | 1917-1918 |
| 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 1918
Baker, Thomas Charles Richmond (Captain, DFC, MM, b.1897 - d.1918)
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Description
Letters and greeting card relating to the First World War service of 9470 Captain Thomas Charles Richmond ""Rich"" Baker, DFC, MM, 4 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, 1918. Collection includes copies of letters written to family and covers his training and service with the Australian Flying Corps No. 4 Squadron. This wallet includes photostat copies of letters from France, England, and Scotland 1917-1918, and a Christmas card. These copies were made by the Australian War Memorial in [unknown]; location of the originals is unknown.
This file contains:
Letter from Thomas Baker to "unknown" presumably his mother. Letter is not in its entirety. Queens College, 2 January 1918 [dated by someone other than Thomas Baker]
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother. 5th Training Squadron AFC Shawbury, England. 30 March, 1918
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother. 5th Training Squadron AFC Chalford, Gloucestershire, England. 30 April, 1918
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother. Turnberry, Scotland, 1 June, 1918
Letter from Thomas Baker to his Nan (nanna). Turnberry Scotland, 12 June 1918
Letter from Thomas Baker to "unknown". 4th Squadron AFC, France, 17 June, 1918
Letter from Thomas Baker to "Dear All at home". France 5 July, 1918
Letter from Thomas Baker to "Old Jeff" from France, 11 August, 1918
Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother. No 4 Squadron AFC, France. 15 September 1918
Final Letter from Thomas Baker to his mother. France. 1 October, 1918
Christmas Card