Hill, Raymond Philip Ellis (873, 21st Battalion)

Loose leaf manuscript relating to history of the 21st Battalion in First World War entitled "The Great Adventure" by Raymond Philip Ellis Hill. Title page states that it is "A TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE and ESTEEM dedicated to all who fought, and to those who fell, in THE GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1918". Chapters: War is Declared, The First Step, Broadmeadows Military Camp, Colombo, Adventure and Disgrace, Egypt, The four Horsemen, The Aerodrome Camp Heliopolis, The Second Battle of the Wazzir, Torpedoed, ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli, The Evacuation, Egypt again, Marseilles, Glominghem France, Fleurbaix and Armentieres, Aust General Hospital Calais, With the old Battalion again, Neuve Chappelle, Pozieres, Mouquet Farm, Ypres, Flers, Blighty, Bullecourt, We have a Spell, The Third Battle of Ypres, Ploegsteert, The Somme 1918, Mont St. Quentin, The Hindenburg Line, The Last Adventure. Substantial annotations in the margins of this manuscript suggest that some of the facts may be inaccurate.