No. 3 [Sketchbook comprising 61 pages, with 46 pages containing drawings and notes relating to First World War service]

Accession Number ART90377
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall - Closed: 11.5 x 18 x 1.3 cm; Overall - Open: 11.5 x 36.2 cm
Object type Sketchbook
Physical description pencil, wash on paper
Maker Bolton, Frederick Charles
Date made 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Frederick enlisted 5 January 1918 in Sydney, New South Wales. He was posted to the Field Company Engineers, 1st Draft Reinforcements, as a surveyor and draftsman. Bolton embarked from Sydney to London on HMAT "Runic" on 22 March 1918 and arrived London 24 May 1918. This sketchbook documents his brief service of four months.