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Collection relating to the Boxer Rebellion service of 148 Petty Officer 1st Class (later Warrant Officer) Walter Melton Underwood, Victorian Naval Contingent, China, 1900-1901.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of one letter and for empty envelopes addressed from Underwood to his brother Fred. The letter, dated 27 September 1900, details a march to attack the Chinese fort Pei Tang on 20 September 1900 and the return march to Tientsin. Underwood describes in detail the conditions of the camps, local environmental conditions, the ruins of local towns, sleeping on hard ground outdoors, issues with mosquitos and malaria, types of food consumed, details of local burial practices, and comments on rumoured future military movements.
Typed transcripts of seven detailed letters written by 148 Petty Officer 1st Class Walter Underwood, Bandmaster with the Victorian Naval Contingent. Dating from 30 August to 10 December 1900, the lett
Collection relating to the service of Arthur J Livingstone, Victorian Naval Contingent SS Salamis, during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Collection consists of a black and white photocopy of a diary c
Collection relating to the Petty Officer, Sydney Potter, Royal Navy. Potter served in China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising). Collection consists of: 1. Newscutting photograph of a ship (unknown) taken
Collection relating to the Boxer Uprising service of 52 Able Seaman Joseph Michael McCarthy, Victorian Naval Contingent, Tientsin, China, 1901. Wallet 1 of 2 - Contains two photocopies of a handwrit
Bert Bullock joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in September 1940 and transferred to the Middle East with 148 Squadron in 1942. He was shot down on 4 September 1942 over Tobruk and was kept
Personal papers and diary written in letter form to his father, detailing the defence of the foreign legations in Peking. Book review of Giles' 'The siege of the Peking legations'. Photographs publish