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Collection relating to the First World War service of 2nd Lieutenant Harold Vynne Woods, 4 Field Ambulance and 16 Battalion, Gallipoli, France and Belgium, 1914-1919.
Wallet 1 of 1 consists of a typewritten transcript of the diary entries which Lieutenant Woods recorded over several diaries, and were transcribed by his father Reverend E. B. Woods. The diary records Woods' experiences at Gallipoli, including the landing on 25 April 1915, the impact upon he and the corps of the death of Sergeant James Leslie Gordon who was killed 6 ft from where Woods stood, conditions in the Casualty Clearing Station while working under heavy fire, and the evacuation of Gallipoli. The transcript also records his experiences in France and Belgium where he mentions meeting his brothers Alan and Robert, describes the high levels of casualites he saw, his role in the 1917 federal election, his officer training course at Cambridge, and his wounding by a German shell and convalescence.
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1101 Lieutenant Harold Vynne Woods. Woods initially joined the Ambulance Corps, 4th Field Ambulance, and later became an officer with the 16th Aus
Diary (and transcript) describing landing at Gallipoli, fighting, snipers, his wounding and evacuation; and later brief entries on service in France in 1916. Includes postcards, newspaper cuttings, mo
Typed transcript (32 pages) of a diary written by Captain Donald Stewart Gibson, covering his service at Gallipoli and the Western Front. The diary spans June 1915-April 1918. The transcript also incl
Collection relating to 7576 Corporal (Cpl) George James Wright, who served with the 10th Battalion AIF in France and Belgium from 1917-1919. Comprises three original pocket sized handwritten diaries,
Diary, 1915-1918; post card and letters, 1916-1918 of Lieutenant Sydney Clezy Stockham written during the First World War. Other items are: transcripts of letters from family and friends; typed transc
Handwritten diary,describes experiences of war in the Middle East,France and Belgium as a Machine Gunner during the First World War ; with photograph,additional biographical information; a complete tr