The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the First World War service of 19519 Private Hector Montgomery, 1 Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, Egypt, 1918-1919.
Wallet 1 of 1 - includes 36 letters and two cablegrams from Montgomery to his mother and sister written throughout 1918, and one from 1919. He writes of his voyage overseas, visiting an Armenian refugee camp, the desert campaign, visiting holy sites in Palestine, and caring for horses in the desert. The collection also includes two small photographs taken during the voyage, a letter to Montgomery from friends at home, an Egyptian banknote, and Montgomery's AIF paybook.
Hector Montgomery was born at Hawthorn, Melbourne, on 19 May 1896. He was the second of four children. Older brother James 'Jim' Westley Montgomery enlisted for service with the Australian Imperial Force shortly after war was declared, and Hector volunteered in June 1917. Hector was allocated to the Medical Corps (1st Light Horse Field Ambulance) and embarked at Melbourne on 7 March 1918. During his service at Moascar Camp in Egypt, Hector fell from his horse while on parade and suffered a severe head injury. He was able to return to his unit a month later and spent the rest of the war in the Sinai-Palestine theatre. Like many who served in this campaign, Hector suffered from various ailments including bronchitis and diarrhoea. He embarked for Australia in January 1919 and was discharged in March. Hector did not marry and died in February 1978.
Collection relating to the First World War service of 4151A Private Percy Lamb, 4 Pioneer Battalion, France, Belgium, 1916-1919. Wallet 1 of 1 - collection includes five postcards Lamb sent to family
Collection relating to the service of 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1 Field Ambulance, AIF, Australia, At Sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front, England, 1914-1918. Collection consists of five
Collection relating to the First World War service of 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1st Field Ambulance, Gallipoli and France. Collection consists of letters, postcards, photographs, news cli
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1208 Private Harold Edward Aisbett, 39 Battalion. Collection consists of an original handwritten diary (in an excercise book), titled 'A short re
Collection relating to the service of 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1 Field Ambulance, AIF, Australia, At Sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front, England, 1914-1919. Collection consists of a bo
Collection relating to the First World War service of 473 Private Oswald Allan, 31 Battalion, 1915-1919, and to the Second World War service of his brother N290045 Private Victor Allan, 9 Australian L