Crane, Lancelot T (Private, b.1896 - d.1990)

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Accession Number PR01809
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Newspaper cutting, Poem, Letter
Maker Crane, Lancelot Thomas
Place made France, South Africa
Date made 1918-1919
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Papers of 20017 Private Lancelot Crane, Army Medical Corps, 3 Australian General Hospital. The collection includes copies of extracts of letters to his wife Pearl, poems, and newspaper cuttings. The letters were written between October 1918 and May 1919. The letters relate to recoaling at Sierra Leone, a description of the 'Gaika' and life on board, de-lousing at Le Havre, France and a description of the return voyage on the 'Kanowna'.