Brooks, Leslie Rundle (Able Seaman, b.1900 - d.?) Accession Number: 1DRL/0157

Description

Collection relating to service of Able Seaman (later Commander) Leslie Rundle Brooks, HMAS Parramatta, Australian Waters and Mediterranean, 1917-1918. Collection includes typescript copy of diary January 1917-December 1918, and handwritten precis of diary June 1917-November 1918. Copies made in 1921 by Australian War Memorial, Melbourne and bound into file covers. Location of originals unknown.

Contextual Description

Biographical note: Leslie Rundle Brooks first enlisted with the Royal Australian Navy in 1915, and he retired from the Navy in 1960.

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Accession Number
1DRL/0157
Maker
Commander Leslie Rundle (Les) Brooks
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1917-1918; 1921
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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