Wallet 2 of 3 - Nominal roll, daily reports and ration returns for the Marine Light Infantry, New South Wales Naval Contingent, 1900-1901

Place Asia: China, Peking
Accession Number AWM2021.22.12
Collection number 3DRL/2181
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Wallet
Item count 1
Object type Notebook
Physical description 53 Image/s captured
Maker Blyth, Bert
Place made China
Date made 1900-1901
Conflict China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising)
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Collection relating to the Boxer Uprising service of Sergeant Major Bert Blyth, Marine Light Infantry, New South Wales Naval Contingent, Australia and China, 1900-1901.

Wallet 2 of 3 - Contains a bound book that includes an alphabetical nominal roll, daily reports and ration returns for the Marine Light Infantry attached to the New South Wales Naval Contingent during service in China. The nominal roll records service details and personal particulars of members of the detachment including regimental numbers, ranks, names, ages, heights, dates of enlistment, occupations, crimes and punishments, dates and reasons of discharge and associated remarks. The book also records daily reports and ration returns for the Marine Light Infantry during the period 1 January to 12 March 1901 while the detachment was stationed in Peking.