| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.137 |
| Collection number | PR04006 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter, Postcard |
| Physical description | 22 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Levy, Solomon George Taverner, Bill |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1915-1916; c 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 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. |
Wallet 1 of 1 - Correspondence relating to Solomon George Levy and Bill Taverner, 1915-1916; c 1942
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 668 Sergeant Solomon Gregory "Sol" Levy DCM, 6th Australian Infantry Battalion, and the Second World War service of O3300 Squadron Leader William "Bill" Tavener, 10 Squadron RAAF, England and Turkey, 1915-1916; c.1942.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains the correspondence of two service personnel who wrote to Winifred Fryer thanking her for food parcels: three letters and two postcards written during the First World War by Sergeant Sol Levy; and a letter and Christmas card sent by Squadron Leader Bill Taverner during the Second World War. Sergeant Levy describes the landing at Gallipoli 25 April 1915, where 'every second man seemed to have been killed' and the advance at Achi Baba and the Turkish offensives in May 1915.