Thomas, John (Private)

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Accession Number PR00406
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 61 items
Object type Letter
Maker Thomas, John
Date made 1913-1920
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 94/0406
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Description

A collection of letters written by 3962 Private (Pte) Thomas, 2 Pioneer Battalion, to his sister, Alice Thomas, who lived in North Wales. Pte Thomas emigrated to Australia pre-World War One. The letter discuss how war affects everyone' life, the shelling of airplanes, how the allied pilots are more daring than the German pilots, the need for soldiers to have constant contact with home, the price and shortage of food in the United Kingdom, being inspected by the King, and being a machine gunner and using the Lewis machine gun.