The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Original typescript and handwritten letters by (No.2591) 2nd Air Mechanic Matthew Alexander Braithwaite, 8 (Training) Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, 1918. Describes in diary form his trip to England from Port Said, Egypt in January and February. In particular, his train journey through Italy and France and his impressions of the towns and countryside. He also observes the involvement of the French and English women in the war effort. While on posting to France he describes his first flight in an aircraft and four aerobatic manoeuvres (with diagrams) - 'falling leaf', 'spinning nose dive', 'Immelmann Turn' and 'zooming'.
Collection relating to the First World War service of Major Donald Dunbar Coutts, DSO, VD, 6 Field Ambulance AAMC and 24 Battalion, France. Collection consists of a typescript diary kept by Coutts be
Typescript reminiscences with photographs and newspaper cutting covering the period from enlistment in 1915 until his return to Sydney in 1919. He describes in detail combat in France, places visited
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1327 Brian Napier Thompson, Australian Flying Corps, France, 1916-1919. Collection consists of a handwritten diary detailing Thompson's journey ho
This collection consists of a diary and typescript memoirs compiled by 2605 Private Arnold F.H. Caust. The personal diary kept by Caust throughout 1918 mainly relates to his impressions of Britain and
Collection relating to the First World War service of 38128 Bombardier (later Captain) William Lloyd Atkinson MM, 13 Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Australia, United Kingdom, France, 1916-1919.
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 le