Cains, Norman Sydney (Captain, MC, MID, 34th Bn, AIF b.1893)

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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
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