| Accession Number | AWM2019.7.29 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | PR01011 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 5 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Harvey, Gerald Sylvester |
| Place made | At sea |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Letter from Gerald Sylvester Harvey to his aunts, 1915
Description
Letter of a British Naval medical officer, Surgeon Lieutenant Gerald Sylvester Harvey, to his aunts in Ireland dated 30 April 1915. The letter, written on the battleship HMS "London", graphically describes the first landings on Gallipoli, and Harvey's participation in the evacuation of the wounded in the first days after the landing and their treatment by medical officers including himself on hospital and other ships, including the "London". Most of the soldiers he encountered were Australian, and he writes of them highly.