Letters from Guy Hartley Arnold to his Father, 1915-1916

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Accession Number RCDIG0000201
Collection number 1DRL/0061
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 5
Object type Letter
Physical description 15 Image/s captured
Maker Arnold, Guy Hartley
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1915-1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Letters relating to the First World War service of 1311 Private Guy Hartley Arnold, 2nd Battalion. The letters were written by Guy Arnold to his father, Mr Ralph Arnold, between 5 February 1915 and 5 February 1916. In the letters, Guy Arnold describes his pride at marching through Sydney in full uniform, the monotony of life in the trenches at Gallipoli and Christmas on the Western Front.
This file contains:
Letter from Guy Arnold to his father, 5 February 1915;
Letter from Guy Arnold to his father, 31 October 1915;
Letter from Guy Arnold to his father, 8 November 1915;
Letter from Guy Arnold to his father, 21 January 1916;
Letter from Guy Arnold to his father, 5 February 1916.