Baverstock, William B (Private, 4th Bn AIF and North Russian Relief Force) Accession Number: 3DRL/6371

Description

Collection relating to the North Russia Intervention service of Private William Bosville Baverstock, 201 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, North Russia Relief Force, Russia, Belgium, England, 1919. The collection contains letters from Private William Bosville Baverstock to his mother, Mrs AB Baverstock, England and at sea, 1919. The letters describe enlisting into the North Russia Relief Force as well as the journey to Russia. The collection also includes a mixed collection of other material relating to Baverstock's service in the North Russia Relief Force, including accounts of battles; resumes of events and operations, Vologda Force, July 2019; letter of passage; leave pass for Paris, November 1919; a letter of introduction from Oscar W Bennett, Belgium, date unknown; nominal roll of Australian section, 201 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps; Protection Certificate (Soldiers Repatriated Overseas), November 1919; handwritten list of Russian villages and a simple map; papers relating to back pay; newspaper printing of 'A Bolshevist Armoured Train Photographe from the Air', The Illustrated London News, 21 June 1919; note about Australians killed in action in Russia; permission slip to be ashore, December 1919.

Details

Accession Number
3DRL/6371
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1919
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Provenance
AWM315 419/007/013
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work

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