Wallet 1 of 1 – Letter and photograph of Robert Leslie Holden, 1915-1916

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Accession Number AWM2020.22.124
Collection number PR83/001
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Wallet
Item count 1
Object type Letter, Photograph
Physical description 25 Image/s captured
Maker Holden, Robert Leslie
Place made United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Perham Downs
Date made 1915-1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Wallet 1 of 1 – Letter and photograph relating to the First World War service of 3827 Private Robert Leslie Holden, 11 Australian Infantry Battalion, 1915-1916.

This collection consists of a photocopy of a letter by Holden describing his embarkation from Western Australian in 1915 aboard the RMS 'Mongolia', training in Egypt, and later active service near Pozieres and Albert until 1916.

Also included is a photograph taken at Perham Downs, England in September 1917. Holden is on the left.