The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2703 Private Albert Leslie Cheney, 33rd Battalion, Australian Infantry Force. The collection consists of a letter written by Pte Cheney and 2647 Pte Frederick Simpson MM which was inserted into a bottle and dropped overboard from SS Port Napier on the 23 of November 1916. The letter asks the reader to forward it home to the Soldiers' mother's. Also in the collection is a newspaper article written in December 1984 giving the history of the bottled letter and two condolence letters written to Mrs Cheney, one from Lt-Col Leslie Morshead and the other Lt E C Thomas.
Collection relating to service of 806 Sergeant Henry Arundel Cheney, 50 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes a typewritten account of the Landing at Gallipoli, as presented in a talk by Ch
LETTER WRITTEN BY PTE ELLIOT TO HIS MOTHER WHILE EN ROUTE TO EGYPT ABOARD THE TSS "THEMISTOCLES". THE LETTER WAS SEALED IN A BOTTLE AND THROWN OVERBOARD. IT WAS LATER RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO MRS ELL
Collection relating to the First World War service of 152 Private Arthur Leslie Anderson, 12 Australian Infantry Battalion, Greece and Gallipoli, 1915-1916. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of four letters r
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant (later Temporary Captain) Charles Leslie Pender, MBE, 2/6 Field Regiment, AIF, 1942-1945. Collection contains three personal diaries kept by Pender, v
Collection relating to the First World War service of 13055 Driver Thomas Charles Doe. Collection consists of a one-page letter, written by Driver Doe and thrown overboard in a bottle. Driver Doe enli
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF LESLIE. COPY OF LETTER HOME DESCRIBING THE LANDING AND HIS EVACUATION FROM GALLIPOLI, WITH ILLNESS 1915. COPY OF LETTER OF CONDOLENCE TO LESLIE'S PARENTS AFTER HIS DEATH IN ACT