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CONTAINS BRIEF REGULAR ENTRIES RELATED TO PLATOON DUTIES, WORK PARTIES, GUN POSITIONS, MOVEMENT TO VARIOUS AREAS, ATTACK AND INJURY AT VILLERS BRETONNEUX, HOSPITALIZATION AND EVENTUAL RETURN TO AUSTRALIA. BRIEF MENTION OF MOVEMENT TO NEW GUINEA
REGULAR ENTRIES DESCRIBE LIFE IN THE TRENCHES FOR THE INFANTRY SOLDIER ENCOUNTERING MUD, LONG FATIGUES, POOR RATIONS AND THE RELATIVE EASY LIFE OF OFFICERS. COMMENTS DISPARAGINGLY ON GEN SMYTH. LATER
BRIEF DIARY - IRREGULAR ENTRIES - COVERING ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND, HOSPITALIZATION, TREATMENT AND RETURN TO AUSTRALIA
Two original diaries belonging to Cpt Victor Hood, with brief regular entries related to his voyage to Egypt, Suez Canal, his arrival in France, Battle of Fromelles, his evacuation to England due to w
Contains memoirs of donor's service on Gallipoli and in France, correspondence related to the end of the war in France, 1945. Itinerary material related to various Returned Services League tours and p
DIARY WITH IRREGULAR ENTRIES GIVING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF TRAINING IN PALESTINE AND MOVEMENT TO THE TOBRUK AREA. ALSO INCLUDES A PLATOON NOTEBOOK LISTING PERSONAL DETAILS OF UNIT MEMBERS AND A COPY OF OR
TRANSCRIPT OF DIARIES; ALSO CITATIONS AND ADB ENTRY. COVERS PASSAGE TO EGYPT, GALLIPOLI, HOSPITALIZATION AND EVACUATION. CONTINUES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, INCLUDING POZIERES. FREQUENT MENTION OF ILLNES