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Serials and newspaper clippings relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 1914-1915; unknown.
This collection includes newspaper clippings collected by Lanser, several featuring Lanser, and a selection broadly relating to his First World War service. Of note is an article from The Daily Telegraph titled "Turks We Wanted, Turks We Got" dated 9 June 1915, comprising a letter written by Lanser to his family that is not in the Australian War Memorial collection. In this letter, Lanser recalls the first landing at Gallipoli, four subsequent days of fighting, his wounding by a sniper and his subsequent convalescence.
This file contains:
Troopship serial 'The Kangaroo - Out Of His Element', [The representative newspaper of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force (1st Battalion) published on board the troopship 'Afric' 1914] [includes valediction from Henry Miller Lanser to his family] 26 October 1914;
Troopship serial 'The Kangaroo - Out Of His Element', [The representative newspaper of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force (1st Battalion) published on board the troopship 'Afric' 1914] 24 November 1914;
Newspaper clipping titled 'The Landing At Gallipoli - Vivid Details Of The Fighting', [9 May 1915];
Newspaper clipping from [The Daily Telegraph] titled "Turks We Wanted, Turks We Got", Sydney, 9 June 1915;
Newspaper clipping from The Daily Telegraph titled 'Heroes of Gallipoli', 12 June 1915;
Newspaper clipping titled 'The Landing In The Gallipoli Peninsula' [date unknown];
Newspaper clipping titled 'The Fly Pest - Precautions At Gallipoli' [date unknown];
Newspaper clipping titled 'A Clever Trench Trick' [date unknown] [includes handwritten note];
Newspaper cartoon clipping titled 'The "Con-stan-TIN-ope-ners." [date unknown];
Newspaper clipping of a photograph captioned 'Lieut. Henry Miller Lanser', [date unknown] [includes handwritten note]; and
Envelope titled '1914 - 1918 War time cuttings etc. & letters from comrades'.
Postcards relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 2 November 1914 - 19 September 1916. In this collection of postcards
Photographs and photographic postcards relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 1915-1930. This collection of photograp
Newspaper clippings relating to the First World War service of 3842 Private John Hardie, 33rd Infantry Battalion. Newspaper articles report on cemeteries and memorials dedicated to Australians who los
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 20 August 1914 - 16 June 1916. In this collection of correspond
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 17 September 1915 - 13 November 1973. This collection primarily
Certificates and commemorative material relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 14 March 1916 - 30 December 1919. This
