Notes relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, [date unknown]

Durrant, James Murdoch Archer (Major General, b.1885 - d.1963)

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Places	Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Heliopolis Asia: China, Shanghai Shi, Shanghai Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Arras Europe: France, Picardie, Somme Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Bapaume Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Riencourt Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows
Accession Number	AWM2018.785.71
Collection number	PR88/009
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Item
Item count	1
Object type	Papers
Physical description	82 Image/s captured
Maker	Durrant, James Murdoch Archer
Place made	Australia
Date made	Unknown
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Description

Notes relating to the First World War and Second World War service of Major-General James Murdoch Archer Durrant, [date unknown].

This file contains notes written by James Murdoch Archer Durrant that largely pertain to a selection of major and minor operations during the First World War. Notes on his experiences with the 4th Infantry Brigade consist of short but often revealing remarks for a period spanning embarkation from Australia to the evacuation from Gallipoli. In contrast, his notes on operations including the Attack on Stormy Trench, Battle of Arras and First Battle of Bullecourt are much longer and more formal compositions written primarily from the perspective of a commanding officer.

This file contains:

Notes titled 'Personal Experiences in 4th Infantry Brigade' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled 'General Situation in France after Somme' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled 'The Strategy - a. Arras b. Bullecourt' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled 'Bullecourt 11 April 1917' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled 'The Tactical Plan - The Intention' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled 'What Took Place' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled 'Our Losses' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled '4th Australian Division at Bullecourt' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled 'Results & the Lessons' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled 'Hindenburg Line' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes relating to 'Discipline' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated];
Notes titled 'Company in Attack' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated]; and
Notes titled 'International Police Force' by [James Murdoch Archer Durrant, undated].