Carter, Herbert Gordon, DSO (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1885 - d.1963)

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Accession Number 3DRL/6418
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 3 wallets; 6 cm
Object type Diary
Maker Carter, Herbert Gordon
Date made 1914-1919
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 419/017/013
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Collection relating to Lt Col Herbert G Carter, DSO, 1 Battalion, WW1. Collections consists of diaries for 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919. The diaries cover his embarkation, service in Egypt, Gallipoli and France. Collection also contains two notebooks, one covering administrative matters 1914-1915 as Officer Commanding E Company, 1 Battalion; the other (which appears to be written in a different hand) refers to operational and training matters, 1916.