Cooper, Gordon Colin (Lance Corporal)

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Accession Number 2DRL/1114
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm.
Object type Copy, Diary
Maker Cooper, Gordon Colin
Place made Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made 1916-1918
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/5472
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Collection relating to 475 Private Gordon Colin Cooper, 1 Australian Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine, 1916-1918. Typescript copies of diaries contain brief entries covering Cooper's time with the Regiment providing details of his daily routines as well as the preparation for and recovery from desert actions, including the Battle of Romani, in which he participated. Original diaries exist at 1DRL/0011.

History / Summary

Copy made from original diary by the Australian War Memorial 1939. Original held by Australian War Memorial at 1DRL/0211.