[No. 11] Diary of Thomas James Richards, 2 April - 8 June 1916

Place Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Strazeele
Accession Number RCDIG0001482
Collection number 2DRL/0786
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Diary
Physical description 69 Image/s captured
Maker Richards, Thomas James 'Rusty'
Place made France, Western Front
Date made 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Diary relating to the First World War service of 25 Lance Corporal Thomas James Richards, 1st Australian Field Ambulance (AFA). The entries in this diary span the period 2 April to 8 June 1916 and cover the arrival of the 1st AFA in France, its move to Strazeele and Le Noveau Monde in northern France, and the arrival of its first wounded from the Western Front. This diary was originally bound by Richards into the third of four volumes and donated to the Australian War Memorial in 1933.