Handwritten copy of diary of David Bernard Harford, 1916-1917

Harford, David Bernard (Private, b.? - d.1917)

Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Heliopolis Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Mataria Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Tel el Kebir Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Suez Asia: Ceylon, Colombo Asia: India Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Fricourt Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt Europe: Gibraltar Europe: United Kingdom, England, Devon, Exeter Europe: United Kingdom, England, Devon, Plymouth Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle
Accession Number	RCDIG0000860
Collection number	1DRL/0335
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	19 Image/s captured
Maker	Harford, David Bernard
Place made	At sea, Ceylon, Egypt, France, United Kingdom: England, Western Front
Date made	1916-1917
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Diary relating to the service of 3844 Private David Bernard Harford, 51st Battalion. In this diary Harford begins by detailing his journey from Australia to Egypt and the conditions on board during the journey. He also describes his sightseeing in Egypt and subsequent transfer to the 51st Battalion. Harford details how he was then transferred to England to be outfitted for his redeployment to the Western Front. He was killed in action on the Western Front in France on 31 March 1917, shortly after his last diary entry.