Callen, Vincent Charles, MM (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1918) Accession Number: 1DRL/0179

Description

Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Vincent Charles Callen MM, 34 Battalion. Collection includes a photocopy of a publication of Callen's letters written home to his family in Newcastle, NSW. Copy made by Australian War Memorial in 1928 from a published volume of the original letters provided by the Callen family. According to file AWM93 0012/0011/0654, Callen's mother had arranged a private publication of Callen's letters. Location of originals and the location of an original printed version are unknown.

Contextual Description

Biographical note: Lieutenant Vincent Charles Callen, MM, 34 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action 20 August 1918. Age 29. Son of Michael and Ellen Callen, of Salopia, Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0179
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1916-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
2
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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