Description
Collection relating to the pre-war and First World War service of 26417 Gunner Griffith Sanderson Lloyd, 110 Howitzer Battery, 10 Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Australia, United Kingdom, France and Belgium, 1911-1919.
Wallet 1 of 2 - Consists of 76 letters Lloyd wrote to his mother and family between 27 September 1916 and 15 August 1919. He writes of his training, embarkation from Australia, activities and rations, voyage to the United Kingdom, family news, friends, his experiences and observations on the Western Front in France and Belgium, his hospitalisation, and his return to Australia. The wallet also includes a telegram, dated 30 April 1917, advising Lloyd's family that he was wounded.
Wallet 2 of 2 - Consists of a booklet, a diary and a letter relating to Lloyd's pre-war and wartime service. The wallet includes a Record of Service Book, detailing Lloyd's service with the Senior Cadets and later Citizen Forces from July 1911 to June 1914, loose leaf pages on which Lloyd maintained a diary from 4 September to 8 October 1916 during his embarkation and voyage from Australia, a pocket diary with short, regular entries dated between 23 January and 15 November 1918, and a 42-page letter Lloyd wrote to his mother on 23 October 1918 based on his diaries and detailing his experiences over the last 20 months.
Details
Accession Number
3DRL/1357
Classification
Private Record
Measurement
Extent: 5 cm
Wallet/s: 2
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM315 419/059/002
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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