Photostat copy of diaries of Benjamin Bennett Leane, 1915

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Accession Number RCDIG0001006
Collection number 1DRL/0412
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Diary
Physical description 314 Image/s captured
Maker Leane, Benjamin Bennett
Place made At sea, Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

Photostat copy of diaries relating to the First World War service of Major Benjamin Bennett Leane, 10th Infantry Battalion. This bound volume consists of three sequential diaries kept between 2 March 1915 and 25 December 1915 and written in the form of letters to his wife. The diaries detail Leane's service with 10th Battalion at Gallipoli and includes an account of the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.