| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0481 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Marshall, John James |
| Place made | Egypt, France |
| Date made | 1915-1918 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/1578 |
| 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. |
Marshall, John James (Captain, b.1890 - d.1918)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Captain John James Marshall, 55 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli, France. Collection consists of five letters written by Captain Marshall to his parents. While Marshall discusses the landing at Gallipoli at some length in one of his letters, he himself did not arrive on the Peninsula until July 1915.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Captain John James Marshall, 55 Battalion, AIF. Public servant, of Kogarah, NSW, born Bexley, NSW; educated at the Kogarah High School; served in the Citizen Forces, CMF; joined the AIF in 1915 (or end of 1914) and left Australia as a 2nd Lieutenant with reinforcements for the 3rd Battalion, which he joined at Anzac; transferred to 55 Battalion in 1916; wounded at Polygon Wood in September 1917; killed in action at Villers Bretonneux, 27 April 1918, aged 27. Son of William John and Jane Francis Marshall, of Windsor Forest Rd., Penshurst, New South Wales.