Pocket book of John Hector Croft, 1914-1915

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number RCDIG0000354
Collection number PR03842
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Notebook
Physical description 17 Image/s captured
Maker Croft, John Hector
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1914-1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

Pocket book relating to the First World War service of 2343 Private John Hector Croft, 3rd Battalion, AIF. The pocket book was kept by Private Croft throughtout 1915 at Gallipoli. On the 25 April 1915, the pocket book was pierced by a Turkish bullet which had penetrated Croft's arm and then lodged in the book.