Diary for Wilfred Emmott Addison, 1915

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Accession Number RCDIG0000308
Collection number 1DRL/0009
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Diary
Physical description 27 Image/s captured
Maker Addison, Wilfred Emmott
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Original diary relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Wilfred Emmott Addison, 18th Battalion. The diary, in the form of a letter and sent to his mother, was written by Wilfred Addison between 4 July and 20 August 1915. In the diary, Addison describes his life aboard the SS Ceramic and his duties at the military hospital in Cairo.