The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant John William Pidcock MC, 42 Australian Field Artillery Battery, Australia, Greece and Ottoman Empire, 1914-1921.
Wallet 1 of 2 - contains the handwritten diary of Private (later Lieutenant) John Pidcock during his service in the Gallipoli campaign, dated 1 September 1914 to 6 January 1916. Pidcock describes his early training and embarkation, duties with the 1st Australian Field Ambulance, the prevalence of rumours onboard HMAT Euripides, impressions of Colombo, Port Said and Cairo, befriending Private [later Lieutenant] Tom 'Rusty' Richards, missing his sweetheart, Bess, and preparations at Lemnos for a British landing. At Gallipoli, Pidcock describes the fighting and heavy casualties sustained throughout the campaign, the struggle to appoint leadership with the loss of officers, performing medical duties in dangerous conditions, the hard-working spirit of New Zealanders, beach swimming under sniper fire, being admitted to hospital and his withdrawal to the United Kingdom. The diary also contains several pressed flowers, prose and brief notes.
Wallet 2 of 2 - contains one document, featuring a photocopy of Pidcock's transcribed diary with a biographical excerpt from the Bank of New South Wales' 'Roll of Honour' publication [1921]. The profile outlines Pidcock's background, service with the Australian Army Medical Corps and transfer to the artillery, his death on the Western Front and posthumous award of the Military Cross in 1918.
Military Cross (Geo V). Engraved on reverse with recipient's details. Associated with the service of Lieutenant John William Pidcock. Pidcock was born in Tatham NSW on 24 June 1893 and was a 22 year
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant John William Pidcock MC, 42 Australian Field Artillery Battery, Australia, Greece and Ottoman Empire, 1914-1916. Wallet 1 of 2 - cont
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant John William Pidcock MC, 42 Australian Field Artillery Battery, Australia, Greece and Ottoman Empire, 1914-1921. Wallet 2 of 2 - cont
Collection relating to the Second World War service of coast watcher Lieutenant Kenneth Dalrymple-Hay, Solomon Islands. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains one 77 page typed transcription of a diary maintaine
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX50190 Private Leslie William Baird, 4 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Malaya, Singapore, Thailand, Burma, Australia, 1941-1985. Wallet 1 of 4
Collection relating to the First World War service of 301 Sergeant Edwin Charles Muhlhan, 7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Egypt, Greece and Ottoman Empire, 1914-1915. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of an
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel William Angus Fraser DSO, 3 Light Horse Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, Malta and Alexandria, 1915-1917. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists