The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Typed and bound transcript of Private Tuck's original diaries for 1917 and 1918 with introductory and concluding text prepared by his daughter, Mrs G Kirby. The 1917 diary is written as an extended letter and recounts his 'adventures' with humour and keenly observed detail, describing life aboard a troopship, impressions of Africa, the resourcefulness of the Australians in France, reconnaissance work, flight accidents and arranging for his diary to be sent back to Australia. The entries in the 1918 diary (a French daily diary) are much briefer and more serious in tone; sometimes only recording details of air crashes and deaths because of heavy shelling and bombardments. The 1918 diary comments on the German losses on the Somme and heavy transport activity on the roads, as well as the successful hopovers by the 2nd Division on 4 June ('Liberty Day') and the 4th Division on 8 July.
Collection relating to the First World War service of 4391 Bombardier Clarence James Harrold, V.1 A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, 1 Division Artillery, 1917. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of a p
Collection relating to the First World War service of 262 Lance Corporal Alexander Lyall, 17 Battalion, France. Collection consists of an original handwritten diary covering Lyall's service in France
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1068 Sapper Alexander John William McKay, 2nd Australian Division Signals Company, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1919. Collection consists of three
Collection relating to Major Keith McKeddie Doig, 60th Battalion (AAMC). Diary and extensive collection of letters to his fiancée, commenting on the war in general, and in particular conditions in tre
Collection relating to the First World War Service of Captain Thomas Montague Mansfield. Collection consists of a handwritten diary kept by Capt Mansfield during his journey to England on the RMS Oron
Collection relating to the First World War service of Private Percy Charles Simmons, 11 Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), France and Belgium, 1918. Wallet 1 of 1 – contains one diary