| Places |
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| Accession Number | RCDIG0000895 |
| Collection number | PR05253 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 137 |
| Object type | Letter, Photograph, Newspaper cutting, Greeting card, Postcard |
| Physical description | 278 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Varney, Albany Thomas Fredrick |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Coonabarabran, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Liverpool, Egypt, Egypt: Cairo, Egypt: Cairo, Heliopolis, Egypt: Frontier, Sinai, Egypt: Maadi, Egypt: North Egypt, Tel el Kebir, Egypt: Suez Canal, Ismailia, Egypt: Suez Canal, Port Said, Ottoman Empire: Lebanon, Tripoli, Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire: Syria, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Anzac Beach |
| Date made | 1915-1920; 1929; 1978; 2011 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Papers relating to Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney, 1915-2011
Description
Papers relating to the First World War service of 887 Private Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney, 12th Light Horse Regiment. This is an extensive collection of letters, postcards and other documents that spans the period from Varney's enlistment with 12th Light Horse Regiment and his subsequent embarkation and service, to his eventual return to Australia, discharge and later life. Varney documents his training and selection in Sydney, his journey overseas, and transfer to Gallipoli. He joined the 6th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli for the duration of the campaign. Varney describes the conditions he faced, describes in detail prominent locations he visited such as Jerusalem and Gaza, and describes the Battle of Beersheba. Varney's writings also provide an insight into the daily conditions faced by civilians and enemy soldiers, in particular in and around Damascus and Jaffa after the fighting. Also included are a detailed series of maps of the different theatres of war during the First World War, as well as various documents relating to Varney's service and later life.
This file contains:
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother and sister-in-law, Light Horse Depot, Liverpool, 22 April 1915;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother and sister-in-law, Light Horse Depot, Liverpool, 22 April 1915;
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother, Light Horse Depot, Liverpool, [April 1915];
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother, Light Horse Depot, Liverpool, [April 1915];
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother and sister-in-law, Australian Light Horse Depot, Liverpool, 14 May 1915;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother and sister-in-law, Australian Light Horse Depot, Liverpool, 14 May 1915;
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Australian Light Horse Depot, Liverpool, 28 May 1915;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Australian Light Horse Depot, Liverpool, 28 May 1915;
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 6 June 1915;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 6 June 1915;
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Heliopolis, Cairo, 20 July 1915;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Heliopolis, Cairo, 20 July 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Heliopolis, Cairo, 4 August 1915;
Transcript of photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Heliopolis, Cairo, 4 August 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 10 August 1915;
Transcript of photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 10 August 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 20 [August] 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [1915];
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 20 August 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 20 August 1915;
Transcript of four photographic postcards from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 13 September 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 13 September 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [13 September 1915];
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 13 September 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [13 September 1915];
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 13 September 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 13 September 1915;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [13 September 1915];
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [13 September 1915];
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [13 September 1915];
Transcript of ten photographic postcards from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 13 September 1915;
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Gallipoli, 8 October 1915;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Gallipoli, 8 October 1915;
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 23 October 1915;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 23 October 1915;
Envelope from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his father, postmarked Light Horse Brigade Field Post Office, 27 October [1915];
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Dardanells [sic], 13 November 1915;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Dardanells [sic], 13 November 1915;
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his family, ANZAC Cove, 9 December 1915;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his family, ANZAC Cove, 9 December 1915;
Copies of two photographs: Coonabarabran home of Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney in 1915, and soldier in Light Horse uniform, [date unknown];
Daily Mail War Panorama: 20 birds-eye views and maps of the world wide war, [1915];
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [1915];
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [1915];
Postcard from Elsie Brown to Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney, Coonabarabran, [date unknown];
Photographic postcard from Elsie Brown to Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney, Coonabarabran, 22 January 1916;
Transcript of two postcards from Elsie Brown to Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney, undated and 22 January 1916;
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 30 January 1916;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 30 January 1916;
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Maadi, Egypt, 2 February 1916;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Maadi, Egypt, 2 February 1916;
Postcard from [3367 Private] Jack Loudon to the father of Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney, Egypt, 23 February 1916;
Transcript of postcard from [3367 Private] Jack Loudon to the father of Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney, Egypt, 23 February 1916;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother, 28 March 1916;
Transcript of photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother, 28 March 1916;
Copy of a photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother and sister-in-law, 22 April 1916;
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother, 22 April 1916;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother, 22 April 1916;
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 28 April 1916;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 28 April 1916;
Photograph of troops preparing to leave Heliopolis for the Suez Canal, 1 May [1916];
Transcript of photograph of troops preparing to leave Heliopolis for the Suez Canal, 1 May [1916];
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Egypt, 22 May 1916;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Egypt, 22 May 1916;
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [Tel-el-Kebir], [May 1916];
Transcript of Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, [Tel-el-Kebir], [May 1916];
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother, Sinai, June 1916;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his brother, Sinai, June 1916;
Letter written over four postcards from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, near Ismailia, 12 July 1916 [Incomplete];
Transcript of letter written over four postcards from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, near Ismailia, 12 July 1916 [Incomplete];
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 20 July [1916];
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 20 July [1916];
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Sinai Peninsula, 1 August [1916];
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Sinai Peninsula, 1 August [1916];
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Sinai, 14 September 1916;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, Sinai, 14 September 1916;
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, In the field, 24 October 1916;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, In the field, 24 October 1916;
Letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 6 November 1916;
Transcript of letter from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 6 November 1916;
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 17 December 1916;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 17 December 1916;
Postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 24 December 1916;
Transcript of postcard from Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney to his parents, 24 December 1916;
Soldier's pay book of Albany Thomas Fredrick Varney, 1915 - 1916;
Photographic postcard from Albany Thomas Fredri