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Accession Number | PR90/060 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 ITEM |
Object type | Papers |
Maker |
Cains, Norman Sydney |
Date made | 1918 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 90/0854 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Cains, Norman Sydney (Captain, MC, MID, 34th Bn, AIF b.1893)
Description
MESSAGES SENT BY CARRIER PIGEON REPORTING SHORTAGES OF AMMUNITION AND DRINKING WATER. AS OC "B" COY, CAINS WAS TRYING TO PREVENT THE UNPLANNED WITHDRAWAL OF ENGLISH TROOPS ON HIS LEFT. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THAT SECTOR ON THAT DAY