MacLennan, Hector John (Lieutenant b.1891 - d.1951)

Places	Africa: Egypt Europe: Greece Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Lone Pine Area, Lone Pine Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Sari Bair Area, Chunuk Bair
Accession Number	1DRL/0454
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type	Diary
Maker	MacLennan, Hector John
Place made	Australia
Date made	c1927
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM315 419/099/062
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of 69 Lieutenant Hector John MacLennan, 5 Battalion and 35 Battalion, Egypt and Gallipoli, 1915.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains one typescript copy of a diary written by Lieutenant MacLennan, dated from 8 April 1915 to 12 August 1915. Typescript copy made by Australian War Memorial. Location of original unknown.

History / Summary

This collection gives a very detailed account of Allied activities on Gallipoli from 25 April to 12 August. McLennan writes not only of Australian forces but gives details of individual British officers, and the work of Indian, New Zealand, French and British troops, and Gurkha units, on Gallipoli.