| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0472 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Main, Vivian Neville |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1929 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/741 |
| 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. |
Main, Vivian Neville (Private, b.1894 - d.1917)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 6518 Private Vivian Neville Main, 27 Battalion, Belgium, 1917. Collection consists of a typescript copy of a letter written by Private Main to his mother on Christmas Day, 1917. Private Main was killed later the same day.
History / Summary
Biographical note: 6518 Private Vivian Neville Main, 27 Battalion AIF, who on 25 December 1917, was killed in Ploegsteert sector. Other biographical details concerning him are: of Adelaide, born Sandgate, Queensland; educated at Fort Street Public School, Sydney; joined the AIF on 18 March 1916; age at time of death, 24.