Howard, Alan Aubrey (Trooper, d.1937)

Place Africa: South Africa
Accession Number PR82/060
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Document, Diary
Maker Howard, Alan Aubrey
Place made Australia: New South Wales, South Africa
Date made 1901-1902; 1981
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 419/076/042
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Collection relating to the South African War (Boer War) service of 1242 Trooper Alan Aubrey Howard, "C" Squadron, 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles. Collection consists of two photocopies of a diary kept by Trooper Howard during the Boer War, from March 1901 through to March 1902. With daily entries the diary breifly describes the fighting conditions Trooper Howard experienced and his day to day movements during the conflict. Also includes copies of the following: discharge papers, a letter of reference, a poem entitled 'Not a C.I.V.' (City of London Imperial Volunteer), and a newspaper cutting dated 31st July 1927 and related to J.F. Thomas, formerly a defending officer in the Morant-Handcock trial.