Johnstone, John Lorimer Gibson (Captain, later Brigadier. b.1881 - d.1968) Accession Number: PR00255

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Letters to his family while on active service with British artillery at Cape Helles, and with 1 Div. Artillery Heavy Trench Mortar Battery in France and Belgium. Comments on Turks, landing at Anzac Cove, the effects of the war on France, conscription, leave in Britain, his attitude to artillery and light horse units, family matters, other servicemen from the Armidale district.

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Accession Number
PR00255
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1915-1918
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 93/0253
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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