The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Alan James Kerr, 24 Battalion, AIF, Gallipoli, Lemnos, France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of typescript copies of three letters written by Lieutenant Kerr to his mother and father in Australia, and typescript copies of two poems written by Kerr. This collection contains a lengthy and detailed first-hand description of a trench raid which took place on the night of 29 June 1916. Location of original letters unknown.
Biographical note: Lieutenant Alan James Kerr, 24 Battalion, AIF, who on 27 July 1916 was killed at Pozieres. Other biographical details concerning him are : - Bank clerk (Union Bank, Melbourne); of Camberwell, Vic.; born Auburn, Victoria; educated at Wesley College, Melbourne; was an officer in the senior cadets, and also served in the Citizens Forces; age at time of death, 21.
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Lennard Lewis Wadsley, 52 Battalion, AIF, Egypt, France, 1916. Collection consists of photostat copies of a diary kept by Wadsley from January to July
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Edgar Sydney Worrall, 24 Battalion, AIF, Australia, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, England, Belgium, 1915-1917. Collection consists of photostat an
Collection relating to the service of 3671 Corporal Herbert Kohry Jackson, 8 Battalion, AIF, Egypt, France, 1916. Collection includes photostat copies of letters written by Corporal Jackson to his fa
Collection relating to the service of 1026 Lieutenant Oswald Ross Law, 48 Battalion AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of seven letters written by Lieutenant Law to his fam
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Frank Gerald Kellaway, MC, 22 Battalion AIF, Gallipoli, Egypt, France, Egypt, 1915-1916. Collection consists principally of around 70 letters written
Collection relating to the service of 2nd Lieutenant James K McLeod, 13 Battalion, AIF, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of a typescript copy (and two carbon copies) of a letter written by McLeod