| Accession Number | PR01672 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 2.5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Document, Album |
| Maker |
Welford, Arthur John |
| Place made | At sea |
| Date made | 1914-1915 |
| Access | Open |
| 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. |
Welford, Arthur John (Chief Yeoman of Signals, b.1881 - d.1944)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 5089 Yeoman of Signals (Later Chief Yeoman of Signals, Royal Navy) Arthur John Welford, HMAS Sydney, Southwest Pacific Ocean, 1914-1915.
Wallet 1 of 1 consists of a diary, a hand drawn map, two notebooks, a handwritten document titled 'Surrender of German Fleet' with a list of officers names and ships, eight ration books & other ephemera, two newspaper clippings, and a telegraph. The diary contains regular entries written by Yeoman Welford from 21 August 1914 to 13 June 1915, and cover the voyages of the HMAS Sydney, and Welford frequently writes about the signals the Sydney received. Of particular interest are the entries from 11 September 1914 regarding the unopposed capture of the German settlement of Rabaul, and 9 November 1914 regarding the engagement and scuttling of the German light cruiser SMS Emden. The hand drawn map shows the courses of the Sydney and the Emden during the engagement.
The two notebooks relate to Welford's work as Yeoman of Signals, and include deciphered messages, and notes on procedure signals, distinguishing signals, cruiser spreading signals, and principal codes used for visual and wireless transmission by His Majesty's ships.