| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0179 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm (approx. 73 items) |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Callen, Vincent Charles |
| Place made | At sea, France, Ireland: Dublin, United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Larkhill |
| Date made | 1916-1918 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Callen, Vincent Charles, MM (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1918)
Description
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Vincent Charles Callen MM, 34 Battalion. Collection includes a photocopy of a publication of Callen's letters written home to his family in Newcastle, NSW. Copy made by Australian War Memorial in 1928 from a published volume of the original letters provided by the Callen family. According to file AWM93 0012/0011/0654, Callen's mother had arranged a private publication of Callen's letters. Location of originals and the location of an original printed version are unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant Vincent Charles Callen, MM, 34 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action 20 August 1918. Age 29. Son of Michael and Ellen Callen, of Salopia, Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales.