The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the South African War (Boer War) service of Captain Surgeon Frederick David Jermyn. Collection consists of photocopied extracts from the hand written memoirs of Jermyn, describing his experiences as a medical officer to New South Wales, Western Australian and South Australian forces in the South African War, including treating the Duke of Norfolk in the field. Includes a black and white studio portrait of Jermyn shortly before leaving for South Africa (1899); photocopies of two pieces of correspondence with the Duke (1901); and two photographs of a silver ink stand inscribed with a message of appreciation from the Duke of Norfolk.
Jermyn later served as a major in the Australian Army Medical Corp during the First World War. Suffering illness, he was invalided to Australia in late 1916 and his appointment terminated in early 1916.
Photocopies of documents relating to McSwain's service in South Africa with Victorian Bushmen and later enlistment as a Sergeant Farrier with the South African Constabulary. Include attestation papers
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO HMIS BENGAL'S ACTION AGAINST TWO JAPANESE WARSHIPS IN INDIAN OCEAN 11/11/42 (WITH PHOTOCOPIES OF ORIGINALS). NEWSCUTTING, PHOTOCOPIED EXTRACTS FROM PUBLICATIONS, PICTURE
Collection relating to the South African (Boer) War service of Major (later Colonel) Percy Ralph Ricardo, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, South Africa, 1900. The collection consists of photocopies o
Collection relating to the South African war (Boer War) service of 54 Corporal Oscar David King, Victorian Mounted Rifles, Colonial Military Forces. Collection includes copies of letters to his mother
Collection relating to service of Captain Claude Elmhurst Benson, 9 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes extracts from letters written to his mother. Extracts made in 1927
Collection relating to the First World War service of Surgeon-Lieutenant Arthur Charles Robert Todd, born in Sydney on 23 June 1889. He enlisted in 1914, was appointed Surgeon-on-Probation on 17 Augu