Letters from James Joseph Augustus Sweeney, 1918-1919

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Accession Number RCDIG0000893
Collection number PR04772
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 8
Object type Letter
Physical description 25 Image/s captured
Maker Sweeney, James Joseph Augustus
Place made At sea, Egypt, Egypt: Frontier, Sinai, Rafa, Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made 1918-1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Letters relating to the First World War service of 57353 Trooper James Joseph Augustus Sweeney, 1st Light Horse Regiment. In this series of letters to his family, Sweeney details his journey to Egypt and subsequent training. He goes on to describe Palestine and Rafa as well his transfer to 1st Light Horse Regiment. Sweeney concludes the letters mentioning demobilisation and the signing of the armistice.
This file contains:
Letter from James Joseph Augustus Sweeney to his mother, At sea, 22 August 1918;
Letter from James Joseph Augustus Sweeney to his mother, At sea, 3 September 1918;
Letter from James Joseph Augustus Sweeney to his mother, Egypt, 22 September 1918;
Letter from James Joseph Augustus Sweeney to his mother, 11 October 1918;
Envelope from James Joseph Augustus Sweeney to his mother, postmarked 13 October 1918;
Letter from James Joseph Augustus Sweeney to his grandmother, Egypt, 18 October 1918;
Letter from James Joseph Augustus Sweeney to his father, Palestine, 2 December 1918;
Letter from James Joseph Augustus Sweeney to his sister, Rafa, Palestine, 14 January 1919.