The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of 817 Private Reginald Lyons Donkin, 1 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of a typescript copy of a diary kept by Private Donkin between October 1914 and December 1915; a typescript copy of an urgent telegram sent to Archdeacon Tollis of East Maitland, conveying the news of Donkin's death; and a typescript copy of a letter of condolence sent to Donkin's mother by her nephew Private Roy Anderson, 7 Battalion, AIF. Copies made in 1930, in Melbourne. Location of originals unknown.
The collection is notable for the vivid and detailed descriptions Donkin gives of his experiences on Gallipoli in general, and of the Landing at Anzac Cove and the first days of the Battle of Lone Pine in particular.
Collection relating to the service of 711 Private William James Hutchison, 4 Battalion AIF, died at sea on board SS Lake Michigan, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of handwritten pages of a diary
Collection relating to the service of 541 Private William George McSparron, 2 Battalion AIF, Egypt, 1915. Collection consists of typescript extracts from two letters written by Private William McSpar
Collection relating to the service of 19 Sergeant William Tate MacWhirter, 1 Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of one letter written by Sergeant MacWh
Collection relating to the service of 474 Corporal Eric Lindsay Magill, 7 Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of a typescript copy of a diary kept by Corporal Magill betwe
Collection relating to the service of 289 Corporal Clarence Rupert Roberts, 8 Battalion, AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of a typescript copy of selected extracts from a diary k
Letter written by Pte Reginald Donkin on Sunday 21 February 1915, from Mena Camp, to a friend Jack. It describes camp life and training at Mena in Egypt.