The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of 2155 Private Mark John Griffiths, 20 Battalion, AIF, Gallipoli, Egypt, France. Collection includes letters written by Private Griffiths to various members of his family in Australia between November 1915 and July 1916.
This collection of letters reveals Private Griffiths' initial bitter disillusionment with army life, as well as his disdain for Australian men who refused to enlist, and for the British government of the day. His correspondence displays a considerable (and largely accurate) understanding of the probable course of the war, given his age, rank and occupation.
Biographical note: 2155 Private M. J. Griffiths, 20 Battalion, AIF, who on 26 July 1916 was killed in action at Pozieres. Other biographical details concerning him are; clerk; of St. Peters, NSW; born Newtown, NSW, educated at the Superior Public School, Tempe, NSW, served in the Senior Cadets (Area 35B), CMF, joined the AIF on 10 July 1915; age at time of death, 20 years 11 months.
Collection relating to the service of Captain John Neville Griffiths, RAMC, British Army, England, France, Belgium. Collection includes letters written by Captain John Neville Griffiths to his brothe
Collection relating to the service of 883 Private John Henderson, 19 Battalion, AIF, France, 1916. Collection consists of letters from friends of Henderson, written to his mother and father in Englan
Collection relating to the service of 2nd Lieutenant Ronald Mackenzie, 20 Infantry Battalion, AIF, Gallipoli, Lemnos, Egypt, 1915-1916. Collection consists of three letters written by 2nd Lieutenant
Collection relating to service of Captain John Neville Griffiths, RAMC, England, France, Belgium. Collection includes newspaper cuttings, souvenirs and a photograph. Biographical note: Captain Joh
Collection relating to the First World War service of 591 Private John Collingwood Angus, 28 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of copies of three letters written by Angu
Collection relating to the service of 2415 Private Norman Burnett McWhinney, 23 Battalion, at sea, Egypt, France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of twenty-three typescript copies of letters written b