Miscellaneous records of Keith Rourke, 1914-1918 Accession Number: RCDIG0000329

Description

Miscellanous records and ephemera relating to the First World War service of 889 Sergeant Keith Rourke, 2nd Infantry Battalion.
File contains:
Receipt, Ocean Beach Studio (No. 11)
Receipt, Ocean Beach Studio (No. 12)
Cablegram to Mrs Rourke
Cablegram, 14 February 1916
Card with tie: To Berlin via Mena Camp Cairo Xmas 1914
Christmas card from Miss Nora Drage, Christmas 1917
Fabric badge: The Cheshire Regiment, 22nd Foot
Booklet: Counsel & Comfort for Soldiers & Sailors on Active Service
Sheet music: As a Nation We Implore
Concert Programme: AIF Mena Camp, 29 March 1915
Luncheon menu card, RMS Aquitania - 23 August 1915
Menu card, RMS Aquitania, 23 August 15
Breakfast menu card, HMTS Aquitania, 9 August 1915
Luncheon menu card, HMTS Aquitania, 9 August 1916
Menu: Cafe de la Paix
Leaflet: Un Grand Establissement, in French, with illustration signed E. Gillard Abbeville
Newspaper cutting of poem 'Soldier' by David McNicoll
Photograph of two swans
Photograph: Entrance to Mena Camp
Photograph of soldier
Annotated photograph: cemetery in Shrapnel Gully
Annotated photograph: the Sphinx
Annotated photograph: view of Naples
Annotated photograph: Watsons Pier under construction, ANZAC Cove
Annotated photograph: Turkish relics
Annotated photograph: Sphinx
Annotated photograph: Brown's Dip
Annotated photograph: ANZAC Cove from Hell's Spit
Annotated photograph: ANZAC Cove taken from Hell's Spit, scene of landing
Annotated photograph: Beni Usuf, 1st Brigade
Annotated photograph: portrait of soldier
Annotated photograph: summer garb
Photograph: Sister Ashbury & the matron
Annotated postcard: ANZAC Cove with Christmas message
Annotated photograph: Lady Tennyson & soldiers
Card with image of Lady Tennyson(?) & dogs printed on fabric secured to card, signed & dedicated on back.
Card to Lance Corporal Rourke from Tennyson, 15 December 1915
Letter to Mr M. A. Rourke from Capt. J M. Lean, 11 June 1915 with news clipping attached
Letter to Cpl Rourke from R.R. Hobbs, 30 December 1916

Details

Accession Number
RCDIG0000329
Maker
Various
Classification
Digitised Collection
Object Type
Papers
Physical Description
Image/s captured: 80
Date Made
1914-1918
Place Made
Collection number
PR04311
Whole/Part
File
Item Count
21
Copying Provisions
Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Copyright
AWM copyright

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