Morrison, James Arthur Accession Number: PR05201

Description

Collection relating to 21510 Sapper (Spr) James Arthur Morrison, 1st Division Signals Coy. Comprises 35 handwritten pages on YMCA letterhead paper by Spr Morrison whilst travelling from Broadmeadows, Victoria to Liverpool, England, on the troopship S.S Nestor. Written in diary form and sent as letters to his then fiance (later wife) Margaret Fyfe Bell, it covers the period 28 February to 19 April 1918.

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Accession Number
PR05201
Maker
Sapper James Arthur Morrison
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Diary
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
AWM copyright

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