Description
Collection relating to the service of 761 Private Albert Edward Meggy, 3 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of twenty-one letters written by Private Meggy to family members (i.e. his mother and his sister 'Dolly').
Contextual Description
Biographical note: 761 Private Albert Edward Meggy, 3 Battalion AIF. Farmer, of Neutral Bay and Leeton, NSW. Born in Paddington, NSW, 1894; educated at Neutral Bay Public School; joined the AIF on 24 August 1914; killed in action at Lone Pine between 6 and 12 August 1915, aged 21. Son of Percy Robert and Sarah Myrtle Meggy, of Glen Echo, Rangers Avenue, Cremorne, New South Wales.
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Accession Number
2DRL/0492
Classification
Private Record
Measurement
Archived measurement
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/4710
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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