The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of 2003 Sergeant Henry John Palmer, 50 Battalion, First World War. Collection comprises letters and postcards written home to his mother and extended family in Haslam, South Australia, 1915-1917. Other correspondents include his brother 3893 Sapper Thomas Beales Palmer, 2 Australian Tunnelling Company. Palmer was killed in action at Polygon Wood, France, 27 September 1917.
The majority of the letters written by Palmer to his family describe and compare conditions in Egypt, Gallipoli, France and England. In August 1916 he was shot in the left knee at Pozieres and sent to York County Hospital in England to recuperate. He writes a number of reflective letters to his family about his experience at Pozieres and repeatedly urges his younger brother "Alby" not to enlist. Upon his recovery Palmer was stationed at Godford Camp, Salisbury Plains and comments favourably on conditions as opposed to being on the Front. He received Lewis machine gun training and writes he is "in hopes of remaining neutral till the end of winter". Palmer attended a School of Instuction, qualifying as a bombing instructor and was promoted to Corporal. Palmer writes about his likelyhood of returning to the front, "I hope I have the luck to get through again and get another trip to "Blighty"". He returned to France in April, where his battalion experienced heavy fighting. Palmer also wrote that he expected to receive a decoration, however this did not occur. He was promoted to Sergeant and killed in action at Polygon Wood, 27 September 1917.
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS (ORIGINALS) WRITTEN TO MEMBERS OF THE TEMPLETON FAMILY DESCRIBING DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON GALLIPOLI AND IN FRANCE AND HOSPITAL LIFE IN ENGLAND. EXTRACTS FROM TEMPLETON'S LETTERS
Collection relating to the service of 2233 Private Frank Palmer, 42 Battalion, AIF, France 1917. Collection consists of one letter written by Private Palmer whilst he was in No. 40 Stationary Hospita
Collection relating to the service of 5247 Sergeant James Pearce Scarff, 40 Battalion, during the First World War. Collection comprises letters written by Scarff to his family from 1915-17, describin
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2871 Private John Stanley Blatch, 60 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, England, 1917. Wallet 1 of 1 – Contains poems and
LETTERS HOME RE VOYAGE TO ENGLAND AND DENTAL TREATMENT AT HURDCOTT CAMP, ENGLAND. DESCRIBES CONDITIONS IN FRANCE. RED CROSS AND PERSONAL LETTERS RE ALLEN'S DEATH IN ACTION AT POLYGON WOOD, 1917
Collection relating to Sapper Rupert Henry Treganowan who served as a signaler with the Australian Light Horse. Collection includes a handwritten description of a bomb rain in the Jordan Valley, Augu