| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR04006 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 2 cm |
| Object type | Letter, Postcard |
| Maker |
(surname unknown), Bill Anonymous Levy, Solomon George (Sol) Taverner, Bill |
| Place made | Egypt: Cairo, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1915-1916; c.1942 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Levy, Solomon George (Sergeant), DCM; Taverner, Bill
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 668 Sergeant Solomon Gregory 'Sol' Levy DCM, 6 Battalion AIF, and the Second World War service of O3300 Squadron Leader William 'Bill' Tavener, 10 Squadron RAAF, England and Turkey, 1915-1916; c 1942.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains the correspondence of two service personnel who wrote to Winifred Fryer thanking her for food parcels: three letters and two postcards written during the First World War by Sergeant (Sgt) Sol Levy; and a letter and Christmas card sent by Squadron Leader Bill Taverner during the Second World War. Sgt Levy describes the landing at Gallipoli 25 April 1915, where 'every second man seemed to have been killed' and the advance at Achi Baba and the Turkish offensives in May 1915.