| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR87/237 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Place made | Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1915-1916 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/046/035 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Callaway, Frederick William Berni (Second Lieutenant b.1891 - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of Second Lieutenant Frederick William Berni Callaway, 2nd Infantry Battalion. Callaway enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in March 1915, immediately after serving as an Able Seaman with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force to New Guinea in 1914. Callaway served on Gallipoli with D Company, 2nd Battalion, took part in the August offensive, and was promoted to Sergeant by October 1915. Arriving in France in March 1916 he was promoted to Warrant Officer and received a commission as Second Lieutenant in August. The following month Callaway was killed in action at Belgium. He is buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm).
The collection consists of seven letters written by Callaway to his sister and aunt. There are two letters from Gallipoli dated October and December 1915. Written in Egypt in January 1916 is a letter from one of Callaway's friends, 2256 Bugler Barton to Callaway's sister. Letters from Callaway to his sister continue from France and describe the terrible fighting at Pozieres and his commission. There is a partial letter (page two only) by Callaway describing the impact of the war on French civilians.
Additionally this collection has a silk handkerchief embroidered with five coloured flags and the words '1914 1916 Souvenir de France', as well as an embroidered silk postcard. The postcard features a vase of tricolor flowers within a border of flags, and the words 'Souvenir de France'. The postcard is written in April 1916 and is addressed to Callaway's sister in Fiji.