Fell, Robert Valentine (Lance Corporal, 10th LHR, AIF)

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Accession Number PR90/118
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 ITEM
Object type Papers
Maker Fell, Robert Valentine
Date made 1917-1919
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 90/1090
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

PRIZE WINNING ESSAY WRITTEN WHILE RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA ON SS DORSET, JUNE 1919. DESCRIBES THE ADVANCE FROM CAMP AT SHELLAL THROUGH KHALASSA, ASLUJ, BEERSHEBA, KARM, SHERIA, ARAKEL MENSHIYE, DURAS TO JERUSALEM. WRITER WAS A DESPATCH WRITER DURING ATTACKS AT BEERSHEBA AND JERUSALEM WHICH HE VIEWED FROM VANTAGE POINTS AND DESCRIBES IN DETAIL