Akers, Charles Alfred (Lance Corporal, b.1892 - d.1917) Accession Number: 1DRL/0014

Description

Typewritten copies of letters from Lance Corporal Charles Alfred Akers, 35 Battalion, 16 December 1916 - 6 October 1917. Letters were written to his mother and describe voyage over via South Africa; training in England, and active service in France until being killed in action at Passchendaele, 13 October 1917. Copies made 1927 and bound into AWM file cover. Location of originals unknown.

Contextual Description

Letters relate details of military operations although the locations of particular activities are not stated. A number of Akers' friends and relatives are mentioned in the letters.

Biographical note: 2516 Lance Corporal Charles Alfred Akers, 35 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action, Passchendaele area, 13 October 1917. Son of Alfred and Mary Ellen Akers of Kulnura, New South Wales. Native of Locksley, Victoria.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0014
Maker
Lance Corporal Charles Alfred Akers
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
wallet: 1 cm
Date Made
c 1928
Place Made
Salisbury
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
18
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/180
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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