Beale family - correspondence Accession Number: PR01087

Description

Typed transcripts of letters between members of the Beale family relating to civilian and military involvement in the South African (Boer) War and First World War. The transcript is titled "Martial heirs" and includes a letter from "Warring William Watson" to Mr and Mrs Beale dated 12 December 1900 and sent from Kroonstad, South Africa; two letters dated 16 August and 22 Ocotber 1914 by Octavius Cyril Beale to his family during the sea voyage to England; a letter from Captain Charles Herbert Wesley (Australian Army Medical Corps), to "Miss Beale" dated 7 November 1915 and written from Gallipoli; five letters written from 1916-1918 by Cyril Beale to his family detailing his work with the Red Cross and experiences of the bombing of London. The three Beale brothers were Lieutenant Harold Strangman Beale who served with the Royal Artillery, Captain Hector Llewellyn Beale, who served as a medical officer with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), and Corporal Octavius Cyril Beale of the Field Artillery, AIF.

Details

Accession Number
PR01087
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Date Made
1900-1918
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 93/0658
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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