Plane, Leslie Garfield (Corporal, b.1894 - d.1943)

Accession Number PR01578
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 2cm (1 folder)
Object type Memoir, Document, Photograph
Maker Plane, Leslie Garfield
Date made 1914-1919
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Account of experiences of 7755 Corporal Leslie Garfield Plane during service with Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), which seized German territories in New Guinea in September 1914. Plane then went on to serve with the 9th Battalion AIF in France during the final months of the war. Also covers lengthy periods at sea, stationed in England and sightseeing in France after war's end. Includes discharge certificate from AN&MEF and photograph of Plane in civilian clothing.