| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0255 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Easton, George Campbell |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1917; 1928 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/1073 |
| 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. |
Easton, George Campbell (Corporal)
Description
Collection relating to service of 554 Corporal George Campbell Easton, 2 Machine Gun Battalion, France, 1917. Collection includes typewritten extracts from letters written home to family in Sydney, NSW. Extracts made by the Australian War Memorial in 1928. Location of originals unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Corporal, 2nd Mg Bn, AIF. Died of illness on 4 November 1918. Commercial traveller of Camperdown, NSW; born Balmain, NSW, educated Kegworth Superior Public School, Leichhardt, NSW; served four years with Sydney Scottish Rifles; joined AIF 24 May 1916; age at time of death, 31 years 10 months.