Diary of Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1918

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

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Places	Africa: South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Town Africa: South Africa, Natal, Durban Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, St Omer Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Pont Remy Europe: United Kingdom, England, Devon, Devonport Europe: United Kingdom, England, Devon, Plymouth Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Mornington Peninsula, Portsea
Accession Number	RCDIG0001016
Collection number	PR00039
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	26 Image/s captured
Maker	Reynolds, Herbert Vincent
Place made	At sea, Australia, France, South Africa, United Kingdom: England, Western Front
Date made	1918
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. In this diary, kept between 6 May 1918 and 20 [December] 1918, Reynolds describes his continuing service on the Western Front with the 1st Australian Field Ambulance and his subsequent return to Australia. He describes the increasing number of German prisoners of war and the frequent relocations of his unit, as well as his duties treating and transferring wounded on the Western Front. Reynolds also mentions the fighting at Hamel in July 1918. The diary concludes with the account of his return to Australia in late 1918.