| Places | |
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| Accession Number | AWM2018.785.29 |
| Collection number | PR85/195 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 20 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Parnell, John William Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1913-1914 |
| 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. |
Papers relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1913-1914
Parkes, Percy George Rupert, MC and Bar (Captain, b.1891 - d.1983)
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Description
Papers relating to the pre First World War service of Second Lieutenant Percy George Rupert Parkes, 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, November 1913 - November 1914.
These papers primarily relate to regimental exercises undertaken by officers of the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment at Ballarat on 14-15 November 1914. These exercises typically included lectures and simulated combat scenarios out in the field that were designed to test officers in response to situations conceived by the unit's commanding officer.
This file contains:
District Orders No. 54 by Colonel J.W. [John William] Parnell, District Headquarters, Melbourne, 28 November 1913;
Operation Order No. 1 [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment], Victoria Park, Ballarat, 13 November 1914 [annotated];
71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment exercise outline, [Ballarat], 14 November 1914;
Training instructions - Blue Force [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914]
Training instructions - Red Detachment [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914];
Training Situation 1 - Task 1 [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914];
Training Situation 2 - Task 2 [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914] [annotated];
Training Task 2 answers [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914] [annotated];
Training Task 3 [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914];
Training Task 4 [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914] [annotated];
Training Task 5 - Operation Order No. 2 [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat], 14 November 1914;
Training instructions and Task 5 [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914] [annotated];
Training Task 6 [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914]; and
Time and space table [relating to the 71st (City of Ballarat) Infantry Regiment, Ballarat, c. 14 November 1914] [annotated].