Pryor, Cyril Arnold MC (Lieutenant, b.1890 - d.1945)

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Accession Number PR88/018
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 2 items
Object type Diary
Maker Pryor, Cyril Arnold
Place made Australia, Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1914-1916
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 419/078/038
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of 446 Lieutenant Cyril Arnold Pryor MC, 20th Battalion. Collection consists of a diary written between October 1914 - May 1916 which covers Lieutenant Pryor's enlistement, his experiences at Gallipoli, particularly the August offensives, the evacuation from the peninsula and movement to France. The diary lists a party of men purported to be the last group at Gallipoli. It also includes the envelope in which it was sent.