| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000171 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0176 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 37 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 88 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Caldwell, David Wallace |
| Place made | At sea, Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain, Salisbury, United Kingdom: Scotland |
| Date made | 1915-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Letters from David Wallace Caldwell to his Mother, 1915-1917
Description
Letters relating to the First World War service of 2nd Lieutenant David Wallace Caldwell, 27th Battalion. The letters were written by David Caldwell to his mother in South Australia between 7 June 1915 and 31 January 1917. These letters comment on troop behaviour in Egypt, the withdrawal from the Gallipoli peninsula, training in England, his travels through Ireland and Wales and fighting in the trenches in France.
This file Contains:
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 7 June 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, [c. 1915];
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 25 June 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 1 August 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 19 August 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 1 September 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 10 September 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 12 September 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 18 October 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 5 November 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 22 November 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 7 December 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 16 December 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 20 December 1915;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 9 January 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 20 January 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 8 February 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 9 March 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 17 March 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 20 April 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 11 May 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 17 May 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 8 June 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, [c. 1916];
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 12 June 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 22 June 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 6 July 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 18 July 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 3 August 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, [c. 1916];
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 17 September 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 5 November 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 26 November 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 16 December 1916;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 1 January 1917;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother, 10 January 1917;
Letter from David Caldwell to his mother 31 January 1917.