The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bound typed transcription of letters of brothers Lieutenant John Wilson (Jack) McWhae (189th [Hackney] Brigade, Royal Field Artillery) and No. 4437 Bombardier Hector McWhae (5th Battery, Field Artillery Brigade) to their parents and family, and the latter's 1916 diary. The letters from John, an engineer who had studied at the University of California, describe his enlistment in England, and his service in France and Belgium during which he was promoted to command his battery before his death from shellfire in Belgium in June 1917. Hector's letters and diary describe his service on Gallipoli (August-November 1915), and France (including the battle of Pozieres) and Belgium before he was wounded by gas near Passchaendale in December 1917 and evacuated. One letter describes a 'strange coincidence' in which he came across John's grave, disturbed by German shelling. The transcription includes photographs, illustrations of Gallipoli trench formations, and reproductions of press articles and other correspondence concerning the brothers (particularly John's death).
Diary for 1917 (and typescript transcription) and other papers of No. 25467 Driver Lewis Wilson (102nd Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade). The diary's short daily entries describe Wilson's training
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1857 Lieutenant Hector Roy McLarty MM, who served with 3 Field Artillery Brigade at Gallipoli. Collection consists of six typed letters (copies a
Typescript transcriptions (produced by his sister) of letters of Lieutenant Walter Thyer (16th Battalion) to his family, dated February-August 1915. They were written from his transport ship, Egypt (M
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1491 Bombardier Walter Purvis McMullin, 10 Field Artillery Brigade, France and Belgium. Collection consists of a small black handwritten diary fr
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2029 Gunner/Signaller John 'Jack' Ellis, 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, France and Belgium. Welsh born, Ellis enlisted in Brisbane aged
Collection of 12 original letters written by 3117 Driver (Dvr) John (Jack) Evans during 1917-1918, to his mother in Australia. The handwritten letters are quite detailed, and describe his voyage at se