| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2019.22.296 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/6511 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 95 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Nunan, Stanislaus Acton |
| Place made | Arabia, British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Egypt, Egypt: Cairo, Egypt: Suez Canal, French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Syria |
| Date made | 1918-1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Letters from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, 1918-1919
Description
Letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Stanislaus Acton Nunan, No.1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Cairo, Syria and Suez Canal, 1918-1919.
Collection contains 21 letters from Lieutenant Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, 25 January 1918 - 27 February 1919. Subjects include: conditions at camp; death and dying; undergoing further training in Egypt; transfer to No.1 Squardron; reconnaisance and bombing raids; health and wellbeing; leave and recreation; religious pilgrimages; damaging the undercarriage of a Bristol Fighter; concerts; casualties; winning his first "air fight" in June 1918; attending the Feast of the Assumption in Jerusalem with over 2000 Roman Catholic officers and men serving in Palestine and Egypt; awarding of the Distinguished Flying Cross or DFC to members of the squadron; Turkish retreat in Palestine; visiting the ruins at Palmyra; and returning to Australia.
This file contains:
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Arabia, 25 January 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to Frances Winifred Nunan, Egypt, 17 February 1918 [includes envelope];
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Egypt, 8 March 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, 20 March 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, 30 April 1918 [includes envelope];
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine,13 May 1918 [includes envelope];
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, 22 May 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, 22 June 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, 28 June 1918;
Typescript of letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, 28 June 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Cairo, 1 July 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to Martha Ella Nunan, Palestine, 5 August 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, 21 August 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to John Francis Nunan, Palestine,10 September 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to James Clarence Mangan Nunan, Palestine, 10 September 1918;
Typescript of letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, 24 September 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to Martha Ella Nunan, Palestine, 26 September 1918 [includes envelope];
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to James Clarence Mangan Nunan, Syria, 7 October 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, 11 December 1918 [includes envelope];
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to John Francis Nunan, Palestine, 18 December 1918 [includes envelope];
Envelope addressed to Mrs John Francis Nunan, 25 September 1918;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to Martha Ella Nunan, Syria, 13 January 1919;
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to Frances Winifred Nunan, Suez Canal, 17 February 1919 [includes envelope]; and
Letter from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, Palestine, [date unknown].