Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
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Accession Number | 3DRL/4104 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
Object type | Diary, Manuscript |
Maker |
Bosward, Charles Frederick Richmond |
Date made | unknown |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/034/014 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Bosward, Charles Frederick Richmond (Lance Sergeant, b.1889 - d.1915)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 958 Lance Sergeant Charles Frederick Richmond Bosward, 4 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of a handwritten copy of a diary kept by Lance Sergeant Bosward from 3 April 1915 to 4 August 1915. Bosward describes the landing at Gallipoli and his time on the peninsular describing condtions, actions and noting people he knew.
History / Summary
Charles Frederick Richmond Bosward was wounded during the attack on Lone Pine on 6 August 1915 and died of his wounds a week later on 14 August 1915. He is buried in Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey.
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