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Sketchbook of 12 pages relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous incidents diary recorded in an Army training camp in Australia on return from the Middel East.
Inscribed inside back cover ' Everyday in our new camp since arriving back has given me an original and funny incident to add to my "Humorous Incidents Diary" . All the boys want me to send then to Smith's or Bulletin Dad but you might like to see them, then you can handle it if you care to love Arthur'. A note on the verso of the last interleaving sheet seems to indicate that the Wilesmith would have liked to work on a publication of his drawings ' I could sell off books and books of these types of things. I would like to keep a record of them all and finish publishing a booklet of my own. Ivory paper being scare unfortunately I've had to resort to this cartridge paper but [illeg.] someday if I ever get leave I may be able to lay in stock.'
There is also an inscription on a piece of paper adhered to the inside back cover. It is from the artist's father B . Wilesmith. He sent the sketchbook to his son and an accompanying letter with stamps for return postage.
Artists sketchbook covering the campaign in the Somme Valley, May 1918. The sketchbook comprises 11 pages, two loose sheets, and three blank pages, with 11 drawings of landscapes, encampments and mili
Page 6 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous depiction of a jungle training exercise involving carrying a wounded soldier on
Page 8 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Of this image Wilesmith wrote on the interleaving sheet 'Davy Robinson and Dick Neal two
Artists sketchbook covering the campaign in the Somme Valley, 1918. The sketchbook comprises 6 pages, with 7 drawings of landscapes, encampments and military bands. Inscriptions on the inside front an
Page 12 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Depiction of a humorous incident during a rugby game. The artist noted ' Lastly it woul
Portrait of Matron Ethel Gray CBE RRC. Annotation on reverse reads; ‘My dear Maud, The mail closes in a few hours, so I thought you would like one of these cards which to my surprise were placed on m
