| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.193 |
| Collection number | PR04612 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter, Troopship serial |
| Physical description | 299 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Walton, William Francis |
| Date made | 1917-1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Wallet 2 of 3 - Letters from William Francis Walton to his family, 1917 - 1918
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3256 Private William Francis "Will" Walton, 54 Battalion, England, France and Belgium, 1917-1918.
Wallet 2 of 3 - Collection includes 37 of 78 handwritten letters from Private Walton to his parents and siblings, 7 July 1917 - 11 April 1918. Subjects include: embarking for France; march to camp at Ponelles; unsanitary conditions at camp; sightseeing; religious services and ceremonies; attending Mass and confession at the RC [Roman Catholic] Club; military training; food consumption and preparation; contracting dysentery and medical treatment; weather; comfort parcels; Catholic statuary; religious conversions; contracting trench fever; conscription; recreation and entertainment; politics; rationing; casualties on the Western Front; and war atrocities.
Collection also contains a copy of "The Coo-ee - Official souvenir of H.M.A.T. Suevic". Prior to enlistment, Walton was a journalist with the Emmaville Argus and he became the editor of the troopship serial called The Coo-ee.