| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0026 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Diary, Letter |
| Maker |
Affleck, Herbert Alexander |
| Place made | Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows, Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1914-1927 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/84 |
| 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. |
Affleck, Herbert Alexander (Sergeant, b.1891 - d.1917)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 871 Sergeant Herbert Alexander Affleck, 3 Battery, 1 Artillery Brigade, Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front, 1914-1917. Collection consists of four diaries which detail Affleck's service in Broadmeadows training camp; landing at Gallipoli (25 April 1915) and following actions; hospitalisation and convalescence at Mudros and Malta; and action in France. Diaries chiefly contain brief entries recording Affleck's daily activities, with very little descriptive detail. Collection also contains three dried flowers.
History / Summary
Biographical note: 871 Lance Sergeant Herbert Alexander Affleck, 3 Battery, 1 Brigade, Australian Field Artillery. Killed in action, Ypres, 17 August 1917. Age 26. Son of Rebecca Lily Affleck of Glen Avon, Pine Grove, Malvern, Victoria, and the late Alexander J Affleck.