The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Diary kept by Corporal Keating, Military Staff Clerk for 13th Australian Infantry Brigade Headquarters. Detailed account of daily life, including bombardments, lice,conditions of dugouts, air battles, observation balloons, swimming in the Somme, and leave in England, Ireland and Scotland. Mentions accommodation and battles at many places along the Front, including Ypres-Comines Canal, Corbie, Querrieu, and Villers Bretonnneaux. Good account of German advance in April, and the Allied offensive in August. Describes return to London after end of war for duty with Demobilisation staff, Transport Section, "Q" Registry.
Papers of Gunner Bert Atkins of 3rd Training Battalion, 10th Reinforcements, 12th Bn; 45th Battery, 12th Brigade; and No 1 Battery, RBAA; and Private Ern Atkins of 5th Battalion. Letters and postcards
REGULAR ENTRIES OFTEN WRITTEN IN JOURNAL FASHION EVERY FEW DAYS. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MANY EVENTS INCLUDING THE GALLIPOLI LANDING, CONDITIONS IN THE TRENCHES, BOMBARDMENTS, LONG MARCHES AND WOUNDIN
DESCRIPTIONS OF TRAVELLING THROUGH AND TRAINING IN EGYPT. COMPLAINS TRAINING IS TOO HEAVY. NOTES NUMBER OF CASUALTIES IN HOSPITALS. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF LEAVING EGYPT. IMPRESSIONS OF TRENCH WARFARE IN
"The Body Snatchers" typescript account of Leemon's service with 26th War Graves Registration and inquiry units in Australia, New Guinea, Burma and Thailand. He provides a detailed account of the role
Postcards, photographs, and diaries which describe being wounded at Gallipoli, standed of hospital accommodation at Lemnos, and Heliopolis and Cario in Egypt. Henshall goes on to serve in a number of
Diary written by Corporal John Spence Finney during active service with the 44 Battalion in France, chiefly January-August 1918. Entries provide detailed accounts of Finney's experience during the Au