Anderson, Norman Ross (Corporal, b.? - d.1917) Accession Number: 1DRL/0039

Description

Collection relating to the service of 1063 Corporal Norman Ross Anderson, 5 Battalion, France, 1917. Collection includes extracts of letters written from France by Anderson to his mother. Extracts made 1927 by T. H. Heyes (probably Tasman Hudson Heyes) the Australian Representative at the British Historical Section Committee of Imperial Defence. Heyes notes in a letter to the Director, Australian War Memorial, 25 August 1927 on file AWM93 0012/0011/0238 "The extracts are not particularly important, but I have given them as they throw a little light on the spirit of comradeship which existed among the members and units of the A.I.F."

Contextual Description

Biographical note: 1063 Private Norman Ross Anderson, 5 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action, Broodseinde, 20 September 1917. Age 24. Son of George and Agnes Anderson, of Northern Counties Hotel, Londonderry, Ireland

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0039
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
wallet: 1 cm
Date Made
1927
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
5
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/238
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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