The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the First World War service of 721 Private William Rae McLennan, 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion in France and Belgium. Collection consists of two original diaries, one maroon leather bound covering the period 1 January to 9 September 1918, France and Belgium; the other blue cardboard bound covering 10 to 27 September 1918, with additional loose diary pages in back. The diaries are very detailed and give good accounts of service activities, gas attacks (McLennan was gassed several times) and ornithological observations (he was a keen bird watcher). Also included in this collection is a biographical note related to the ornithological work of McLennan compiled by Jack Jones.
Collection relating to the First World War service of 17319 Sapper Arthur Wilson, 1st Divisional Signal Company. Collection consists of four original hand-written diaries by Sapper Wilson covering th
Collection relating to service of Captain Charles Edwin Gatliff, 4 Light Horse Regiment [later 50 & 51 Field Artillery Battery, 13 Field Artillery Brigade], Egypt, France and Belgium. Collection incl
Collection relating to the First World War service of 151 Sergeant Ernest Murray, 1st and 14th Field Company Engineers. Collection consists of typed extract (prepared by AWM) of diaries kept by Sgt M
Collection relating to the First World War service of 38329 Gunner William Westman Corbould, 4 Divisional Ammunition Column, AIF, England and France. Collection consists of two original handwritten d
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
Collection relating to the First World War service of 17319 Sapper Arthur Wilson, 1st Divisional Signal Company. Collection consists of two volumes of typescript diaries written by Sapper Wilson cove