| Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0457 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
McManamey, James Whiteside Fraser |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1929 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/1509 |
| 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. |
McManamey, James Whiteside Fraser (Major, b.1862 - d.1915)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Major James Whiteside Fraser McManamey, 19 Battalion, AIF, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of a typescript copy of a brief letter from Major McManamey to his wife Rose, written from Gallipoli, 1 September 1915. Typescript copy made by Australian War Memorial. Location of original unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Major James Whiteside Fraser McManamey VD, 19 Battalion, AIF. Barrister of Sydney; born Glebe, NSW, 9 February 1862; educated at All Saints College, Bathurst, NSW, and at Sydney University (B.A.); was captain of the Sydney University football team, an interstate Rugby Union representative, and later President of the NSW Rugby Union; served for 20 years in the NSW and Commonwealth militia; joined the AIF as a Major on 12 April 1915 and was posted to 19 Battalion. Killed in action on Gallipoli, 5 September 1915. Age 53. Son of William and Jessie McManamey; husband of Rose McManamey, of 68 Upper Pitt St., Milson's Point, Sydney, NSW.