| Places | |
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| Accession Number | 1DRL/0116 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Betts, Samuel |
| Place made | Egypt |
| Date made | 1915-1916 |
| Access | Open |
| 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. |
Betts, Samuel (Sapper, b.? - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to service of 2197 Sapper Samuel Betts, 8 Field Company Engineers, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes letters written home to family in England.
History / Summary
Biographical note: 2197 Sapper Samuel Betts, 8 Field Company, Australian Engineers. Killed in action near Armentieres, 19 July 1916. Age 27. Son of Samuel and Eliza Betts, of 78 Brownhill Crescent, Harehills, Leeds, England.