Place | Europe: United Kingdom |
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Accession Number | PR82/097 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 2 items |
Object type | Album |
Maker |
Turing, Lady Ethel Sophia |
Date made | 1915-1921 |
Access | restricted |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/106/014 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Turing, Lady Ethel (British Red Cross)
Description
Collection consists of two albums containing bound and loose items including printed poems; photographs of Gallipoli; Mena Camp and soldiers convalescing; letters from soldiers recovered from wounds; newspaper cuttings of Lt Spencer Gray, RNAS; typewritten songs (untitled); ink sketches; certificates from the British Red Cross; souvenir programmes from Australian Natives Association "Corroboree" and the opening of Australia House; handwritten poem for HRH Princess Louise; copies of 'The rising Sun' and 'Aussie'; and an autographed menu for a dinner given in honour of Sir Keith and Sir Ross Smith. Amongst the correspondence is a series of letters, March 1916 - May 1917, from Arthur Streeton containing sketches of military life.