Letters from David Gibson Alexander to his Mother, 1915

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Accession Number RCDIG0000199
Collection number 1DRL/0020
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 4
Object type Letter
Physical description 9 Image/s captured
Maker Alexander, David Gibson
Place made Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Typewritten copies of letters relating to the First World War service of 1409 Private David Gibson Alexander, 13th Battalion. The file contains typewritten copies of letters written by David Alexander to his mother between 8 April and 14 July 1915. The letters describe his voyage to Egypt, life in the trenches and artillery action at Gallipoli. The typewritten copies were made in 1927 by Australia House, London, at the request of the Australian War Memorial.
This file contains:
Letter from David Alexander to his mother, 8 April 1915;
Letter from David Alexander to his mother, [n.d.];
Letter from David Alexander to his mother, 15 May 1915;
Letter from David Alexander to his mother, 14 July 1915.