| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.258 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3660 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 38 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Cowan, Gerard Henderson |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1917-1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Diary of Gerard Henderson Cowan, November 1917 - January 1918
Description
Diary relating to the First World War service of 6733 Private Gerard Henderson Cowan, 11 Australian Infantry Battalion.
This diary, written by Cowan between 3 November 1917 and 13 January 1918, contains details of his service in England. Cowan records experiences such as travelling and visiting English family members while on leave, women of his acquaintance doing war work, hiring a bike to see the country, returning to camp and continuing training, applying to transfer to the Australian Flying Corps (A.F.C.), applying to a signalling school and being accepted, seeing a popular concert party, spending time with his friends at the YMCA, making progress with signalling training, making friends with a local school headmaster, feeling unwell, receiving letters from home, and continuing his application to the A.F.C.
Gerard Henderson Cowan joined the Australian Flying Corps and became a pilot in 1918, but died of illness on 22 February 1919.