| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.187 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0478 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 119 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Margetts, Ivor Stephen |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1927 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Wallet 2 of 2 – Letters, Papers and Newspaper Cuttings relating to the Second World War service of Captain Ivor Stephen Margetts, 1914-1916
Description
Collection relating to the service of Captain Ivor Stephen Margetts, 12 Battalion, at sea, Egypt, Lemnos, Gallipoli, France, 1914-1916.
Wallet 2 of 2 – Wallet consists of twenty-eight photostat or typed copies of letters written by Margetts to his family; a typed copy of a detailed account by Margetts of the Landing and his first few days on Gallipoli; various copies of cablegrams; letters of condolence; and newspaper cuttings. Also included in the collection is a photostat copy of a letter written by Private George Arthur McKenzie, (regimental stretcher bearer), 12 Battalion, to Captain Margetts' father, relaying the circumstances of the Captain's death at Pozieres.