| Accession Number | AWM2019.7.92 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | PR05088 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 42 |
| Object type | Papers, Letter, Photograph, Postcard |
| Physical description | 77 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Barron, Ebenezer 'Edward' Various |
| Place made | Australia, South Africa |
| Date made | 1897-1939; 1999 |
| Conflict |
South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Papers, personal correspondence and photographs relating to Ebenezer 'Edward' Barron, 1897-1939; 1999
Description
Papers, personal correspondence and photographs relating to the Boer War and post war service of 126 Corporal Ebenezer 'Edward' Barron, 1897-1939; 1999.
This file contains a range of documents relating to Barron's pre and post Boer War service, encompassing references relating to his application for Boer War service; papers pertaining to his enlistment and training in the 23rd Army Medical Corps prior to the First World War; a 1914 letter from his family while in Scotland; papers associated with his membership to the Caledonian Society (1927-1929); photographs of his son Charles Barron with the Light Horse Tasmanian Militia, and photographs of his and his wife's headstones at Cornelian Bay Cemetery including a plan of the aforementioned cemetery.
This file contains:
Five references/testimonials related to his application for Boer War service;
Description card for active service;
Notice regarding a drill exercise;
Field parade state card;
Tasmanian Garrison Ambulance syllabus for 1909;
Typed instruction regarding positions when drilling;
Four handwritten pages regarding military training;
Print of a black and white photograph taken of Barron and his family at Burnbank Farm, Montrose, Hobart, in 1913;
Seven documents relating to 23rd Army Medical Corps, 1913-1914;
Letter dated November 1914 written from family at Leith in Scotland;
Instructions for the Australian Army Reserve, 1917;
Three blank postcards;
Two letters regarding Barron's resignation from National Portland Cement, 1922;
Print of a black and white photograph of Barron in dress suit, for a Caledonian Society Meeting;
Tasmanian Caledonian Society Member badge from 1927;
Two Tasmanian Caledonian Society syllabus for 1927 and 1929;
Two Tasmanian Caledonian Society Halloween Social and calling card;
One original and three black and white prints of photographs of Barron's son, Charles Barron of Light Horse, Tasmanian Militia, c.1930s;
6th Field Brigade ceremonial Horse Parade souvenir Programme, 1939;
Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited payment card; and
Two colour photographs of Barron's grave and his wife's grave.
Copy of a plan of the Cornelian Bay Cemetery when Barron is buried.