| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0090 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Barlow, Wilfred Griffith |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows, France, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/1906 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Barlow, Wilfred Griffith (Lieutenant, b.1896 - d.1917)
Description
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Wilfred Griffith Barlow, 58 Battalion, France 1916-1917. Collection consists of four letters written during 1916-17 by Barlow to a friend, Goodsir Fowler, in Australia describing leave taken in England and action on the Western Front, France.
History / Summary
From the letters it appears that Goodsir Fowler and Barlow were teaching colleagues at Porcupine Ridge, a school in Victoria. The letters mention some pupils of the school and Barlow requested that some of his ex-pupils write to him.
Biographical note: Lieutenant Wilfred Griffith Barlow, 58th Battalion, AIF. Killed in action, Bullecourt, 12 May 1917. Age 30. Son of Jonathan Joseph and Elizabeth Emma Barlow; husband of Constance Violet Barlow. Born at Richmond, Victoria.