The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Original diaries (and transcript), describing work of stretcher bearers on active service, conditions at Gallipoli and Western Front (particularly Pozieres, Bapaume, Ypres, August offensive), and work in a field Post Office.
Diaries describe active service as a machine gunner at Gallipoli, and later as an artilleryman on the Western Front. Includes an original 1917 diary and a post war typescript of experiences.
Diaries of a gun layer, commenting on battery work and work of a gun crew, active service at numerous locations, capabilities of officers, casualties, leave, August 1918 Offensive, Post Armistice Educ
Collection relating to the First World War service of Major Harold Octavius Lethbridge MBE, AAMC. Collection consists of two original diaries, from October 1915 to October 1916, and October 1916 to S
Letters describe his enlistment and training, and active service until his death in action. Includes comments on Britain's social, political, and military system, conscription, futility of war, leave
Collection relating to the service of 13629 Lance Corporal Edward Charles Henry Munro, MM, 5 Australian Field Ambulance, AIF, 1916-1918. Collection consists of: (1) a handwritten memoir compiled by E
Detailed diary describing experiences as a stretcher bearer and caring for wounded in the trenches on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918. Includes vivid descriptions of heavy gas attacks near Armenti