Letters from John Simpson Kirkpatrick to his Mother, 1911

Place Approximate locations: At sea
Accession Number RCDIG0000377
Collection number 3DRL/3424
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Letter
Physical description 30 Image/s captured
Maker Kirkpatrick, John Simpson
Kirkpatrick, Sarah Simpson
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Newcastle, Australia: South Australia, Adelaide, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Australia: Western Australia, Albany, Australia: Western Australia, Fremantle
Date made 1911
Conflict Period 1910-1919
Description

Letters relating to the First World War service of 202 Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, 3rd Field Ambulance. The letters were written by John Simpson to his mother Sarah Kirkpatrick between 16 January and 7 December 1911. Eleven of the letters were written on board SS Kooringa, the remaining letter was written from Bunbury, Western Australia.
File contains:
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 16 January 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 31 January 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 17 February 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 2 March 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 19 April 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 2 May 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 31 May 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 5 June 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 19 July 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 21 August 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 8 November 1911;
Letter from John Simpson to his mother, 7 December 1911.