The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3357 Private Eric D'Arcy Bruun, 60 Australian Infantry Battalion, France, 1917-1918.
Wallet 1 of 1 - contains 7 letters and cards written to Bruun's family regarding his service on the Western Front, dated 1917-1918. In a letter to his son Peter, Bruun recalls the first few weeks of his service in France, including attending a parade where General Birdwood presented decorations to men of Bruun's brigade, and his impressions of Birdwood and General 'Pompey' Elliot. Bruun describes marching in the rain and mud, feeling at ease with the men of his unit, the ritual of receiving and splitting rations of jam and bread, observed oddities of small French villages, and bathing in the river each morning. Brunn also sent to Peter an Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Christmas card in December 1917, as well as a Carte Postale Militaire postcard and field service postcard in early April 1918, mentioning he had worn the same clothing for eight days with long distances to march and little sleep. The collection also contains three condolence letters directed to Bruun's family after he was killed in action during the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux on 25 April 1918. Two copies of a condolence letter were written by Lieutenant John Hackland Anderson to Bruun's widow, Amy Leila, informing her of her husband's death. Anderson references Bruun's heroism in trying to obtain an enemy machine gun during the action, and his gallantry throughout the Battle of Messines. A condolence letter from Bruun's friend, 5094 Private Arthur Reinman, to Amy also describes the circumstances of Bruun's death, their friendship and his wish to pay his respects to Bruun's family in person upon returning to Australia.
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3357 Private Eric D'Arcy Bruun, 60 Australian Infantry Battalion, France, 1917-1918. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains 7 letters and cards written to Bru
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3357 Private Eric D'Arcy Bruun, 60 Australian Infantry Battalion, France, 1917-1918. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains 7 letters and cards written to Bru
Collection relating to the First World War service of 152 Private Arthur Leslie Anderson, 12 Australian Infantry Battalion, Greece and Gallipoli, 1915-1916. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of four letters r
Collection relating to the service of 2nd Lieutenant William David Baldie, 24 Battalion, France, 1918. Collection contains letters written to his family and describe his voyage over and training at o
Collection relating to the First World War service of 463 Trooper Charles Pyrmont Wilkinson, 8 Light Horse Regiment, Australia, Egypt, Ottoman Empire, 1914-1917. Wallet 1 of 2 – contains two folders
LETTERS TO HIS FAMILY FROM THE TIME HE DEPARTS AUSTRALIA UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1917. LETTERS COVER FAMILY AFFAIRS, MAIL, WEATHER, VARIOUS PERIODS IN THE TRENCHES, CONSCRIPTION, ATTITUDES TO BRITISH, FREN
Collection relating to the First World War service of Sister Florence Narrelle Jessie Hobbes, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, United Kingdom, Malta, Mesopotamia, and India