Diary of Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1914-1915

Reynolds, Herbert Vincent (Private, b.1896 - d.1978)

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Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Abbassia Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Heliopolis Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Mena Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Ismailia Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Kantara Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Suez Asia: Ceylon, Colombo Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Anzac Beach Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Gaba Tepe Middle East: Yemen, Aden Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Albany Oceans: Indian Ocean, Cocos Keeling Islands
Accession Number	RCDIG0001013
Collection number	PR00039
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	111 Image/s captured
Maker	Reynolds, Herbert Vincent
Place made	At sea, Australia, Ceylon, Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Yemen
Date made	1914-1915
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Diary relating to the First World War service of 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1st Australian Field Ambulance. Covering the period from 2 December 1914 to 23 August 1915, this diary details the time from Reynold's embarkation to his later medical evacuation from Gallipoli. He describes the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 in great detail, and the intense fighting around Sari Bair and Lone Pine in August 1915. Also included is his subsequent medical evacuation from Gallipoli in late August 1915.