The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Original personal diary written by 3358 Private Oliver H. Harris of 6th Australian Field Ambulance, spanning June 1916 to January 1918. Descriptions of personal experiences include voyage from Australia to Egypt; further travel to France and England re-join his unit; service with the Ambulance unit in various parts of the Western Front, including Bapaume, Bullecourt, Messines and Poperinghe; non-combat experiences in France and Belgium, e.g food, weather, local people
Typescript of a diary written by 1333 Private Oliver Thomas Giddings of 3 Battalion covering the period 27 August 1914 to March 3 1915. Entries detail enlistment and training in Australia, voyage to a
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1677 Corporal Charles Smith, 14 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, c.1920. Wallet 1 of 3 - consists of a typewritten reflection entitled '
Personal diary of 4010 Corporal John James Berry (12th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion) from his embarkation from Australia in January 1916 (given as '1915' in the first entry) until April 1917. It docu
Collection relating to the First World War service of 8353 Lance Corporal Roger Morgan, 1st Field Ambulance AAMC (attached to 2nd Infantry Battalion), 1915-1918. Collection consists of typed transcri
Collection related to the First World War service of Captain Leslie Morriss Newton MC, 12th Infantry Battalion. Collection consists of personal correspondence, receipts and other records including lis
Diary with brief entries. Describes sea voyage to Egypt, training, active service on Gallipoli with comments on trenches, snipers, shrapnel, food, onset of cold weather, evacuation in December, illnes