Letters from Robert Pearce Flockart to his Mother, 1915

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Accession Number RCDIG0000247
Collection number 1DRL/0296
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 12
Object type Letter
Physical description 30 Image/s captured
Maker Flockart, Robert Pearce
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Photostat copies of letters relating to the First World War service of Major Robert Pearce Flockart, 5th Battalion. The original letters were written by Robert Flockart to his mother in East Camberwell, Victoria, between 16 April and 9 July 1915. In the letters, Flockart describes the short voyage to Gallipoli, his wounding on active service and convalescence on Lemnos Island. The photostat copies were made by the Australian War Memorial, Melbourne, in 1928. The location of the originals is unknown.
This file contains:
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, [n.d.] [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 16 April 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 28 April 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 12 May 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 25 May 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 28 May 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 10 June 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 14 June 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 8 June 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 25 June 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 2 July 1915 [photostat];
Letter from Robert Flockart to his mother, 9 July 1915 [photostat].