The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Frederick William Appleton, 14 Battalion, Egypt and France 1916-1918. Collection includes extracts from diary and from letters sent to Vera [sister] in Melbourne. Extracts made by Australian War Memorial in 1928. Location of originals unknown.
Extracts describe weather; food supplies; billets; transport; muddy conditions and movement between fighting locations. Appleton also describes wounding and convalescence.
Biographical note: Lieutenant Frederick William Appleton, 14 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). Killed in action, Morcourt, France, 8 August 1918. Age 36. Son of Lawrence Frederick and Mary Appleton. Born at St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Frederick William Appleton, 14 Battalion, Egypt and France 1916-1918. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of extracts from Lieutenant Frederick
Collection relating to the service of 2nd Lieutenant William David Baldie, 24 Battalion, France, 1918. Collection contains letters written to his family and describe his voyage over and training at o
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant George Gilmour Allardyce, 4 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1914-1918. Collection comprises typewritten extracts of diary and typewritten copies of l
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant John William Maunsell, 5 Battalion, AIF, France, 1918. Collection consists of one letter written by Lieutenant Maunsell to his wife Mildred, on 16 Jun
Collection relating to service of 3257 Private William James Archbold, 41 Battalion, England and France, c 1916-c 1918. Collection of typewritten extracts from the diary kept by Archbold detailing ca
Collection relating to service of 467 Sergeant Arthur Edward Bathurst Beresford, 26 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1914-1918. Collection contains extracts from letters and diary. Extracts