McNamee, Edward Michael (Private)

Places	Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres, Hill 60 Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Flers Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number	PR00755
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 1cm
Object type	Diary
Maker	McNamee, Edward Michael
Place made	Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Western Front
Date made	1915-1917
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM371 88/0222
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Diary of 1590 Private Edward Michael McNamee (D Company, 9th Battalion) for 1916. Following summary notes of his involvement at Gallipoli the previous year, the diary records his experiences in Egypt before crossing to France in April. Its short daily entries later describe his experiences of trench fighting at Pozieres (July), Hill 60 at Ypres (September-October) and Flers, near Bapaume (November). It includes some notes for 1917. McNamee enlisted in December 1914 and survived the war, returning to Australia in 1919.