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Accession Number | 1DRL/0302 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
Object type | Papers |
Maker |
Fullerton, Alexander Young |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Fullerton, Alexander Young (Major, b.1865 - d.?)
Description
Collection relating to service of Major Alexander Young Fullerton, 2 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes handwritten description of life with the 2nd Battalion at Anzac before the period of the Lone Pine battle.
History / Summary
This collection reveals the concern of Major Fullerton of the Australian Army Medical Corps for the health of AIF troops at Gallipoli and his belief that these men were poorly provisioned and lacked basic facilities.