| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0001250 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0427 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Series |
| Item count | 4 |
| Object type | Certificate, Sketchbook, Papers |
| Physical description | 7 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Australian Encyclopaedia Jose, Arthur Wilberforce McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon |
| Place made | Australia, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1912; 1915; 1914-1916; 1926 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Series 6: Other material relating to the life and service of Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 1912-1926
Description
This series contains other material compiled by or relating to Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, originally of 7th Battalion and later 60th Battalion. Included are: a certificate of appointment to the Military Forces of Australia awarded to McCrae by Governor General Thomas Denman on his commission as a second lieutenant in 1912; a hand sketch by McCrae of Sari Bair on 25 April 1915, the day of the landings at Gallipoli; an account written by McCrae whilst on service; and biographical details concerning the McCrae family taken from Jose’s Australian Encyclopaedia in 1926.
This file contains:
Certificate of military appointment for Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 1912;
Sketch by Geoffrey Gordon McCrae of Sari Bair, 1915;
‘The Comedy of Boils’ written by Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, [c.1914-1916];
Biographical details concerning the McCrae family, 1926.