Hartnett, Henry George (Harry) (b.1891 - d.1975)

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Accession Number 2DRL/0840
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 bound book: 5cm
Object type Manuscript
Maker Hartnett, Henry George
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1930
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/2644
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Related to the First World War service of 4539 Private Henry George (Harry) Hartnett 2 Battalion. Bound typed manuscript copy of memoir entilted 'Where Barranges Met' by Henry George (Harry) Hartnett, 1930. (The title page is missing). Contains a detailed account covering training in Egypt and England, and service in France. Describes actions at Pozieres, Bullecourt, Gueudecourt, Kemmel, Amiens and Hazebrouck, 1915-1916. CEW Bean wrote to Mr Hartnett, 16/11/1931, saying that he had found his memoir "useful in checking the accounts in the Oficial History of the fighting at Hermies and Bullecourt."