McKenzie, Matthew Stanley (Sergeant, b.1890 - d.1915) Accession Number: PR05631

Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of 1459 Sergeant Matthew Stanley (Stan) McKenzie, 1 Clearing Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps, Gallipoli, 1915.

Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of one original handwritten letter McKenzie, a first-class cricketer and Australian rules footballer pre-war, wrote to his friend Malcolm 'Mac' Campbell from Gallipoli on 24 August 1915. The letter discusses topics such as enlisting for the war, friends at home, the need for more men at the front, trench warfare, and humour in the trenches.

Contextual Description

Stanley McKenzie joined up as a medical orderly tending to Australian casualties on the Gallipoli Peninsula and in 1915 was posted to a Clearing Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt. It was there he died of appendicitis in December 1915.

Details

Accession Number
PR05631
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Extent: .5 cm
Wallet/s: 1
Date Made
1915
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
Copyright expired - public domain

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