Magill, Eric Lindsay (Corporal, b.1893 - d.1915) Accession Number: 2DRL/0212

Description

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 between 18 May 1915 and 10 October 1915. Copy made by Australian War Memorial in 1931. Location of original diary unknown.

Contextual Description

Biographical note: 474 Corporal Eric Lindsay, 7 Light Horse Regiment, AIF; farmer; of Bogan Gate, NSW; born Naradjuha, Victoria; educated at Tooau East State School; joined the AIF on 1 October 1914; died on 20 October 1915, at St. Elmo's Hospital, Malta, of wounds received at Gallipoli, aged 22 years, 6 months.

Details

Accession Number
2DRL/0212
Maker
Corporal Eric Lindsay Magill
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Diary
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1931
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/1545
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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