The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Peter McFarlane, 34 Battalion, AIF, at sea, France, England, 1916-1918. Collection consists of photostat copies of 64 letters written by Lieutenant McFarlane to his wife Marie (nee Larkins). Collection also includes a photostat copy of one letter written by 2148 Private John Joseph Larkins to his sister Marie, and a photostat copy of Red Cross Society reports regarding the death and burial of Lieutenant Peter McFarlane in June 1918, near Villers-Bretonneux. The location of the original letters is unknown.
Lieutenant Peter McFarlane and his wife Marie (nee Larkins) were married only a few weeks before he enlisted in January 1916. His letters are full of endearments and expressions of his love for his wife, and of his longing to return to her and start their life together. It is clear from the letters that McFarlane had expected to be away from Australia for only a short period, and his increasing loneliness and homesickness, as the war dragged on, are apparent in his writings. He tells his wife that he deeply regrets enlisting and often expresses a wish to be wounded seriously enough to be sent home to Australia. McFarlane was killed in action on 2 June 1918, at Villers-Bretonneux.
Collection relating to the service of Major Benjamin Bennett Leane, 48 Battalion, AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front, 1914-1917. Collection consists of one letter [typescript carbon copy] and photos
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Colin Vernon McCulloch, 2 Battalion, AIF, at sea, France, England, 1916-1917. Collection consists of typed extracts from letters written by Lieutenant
Collection relating to the service of Captain Louis Carl Roth, MC, 22 Battalion & 2 Pioneer Battalion, Australia, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, England, Western Front, 1914-1918. Collection consists of p
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Albert Henry Moss, 15 Battalion, AIF, France, 1918. Collection consists of three letters written by Moss to his wife Eva - [all letters are signed 'Ha
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant George Leslie Makin, 5 th Battalion AIF. Collection consists chiefly of 141 letters written by Lieutenant George Leslie Makin to membe
Collection relating to the service of 1941 Lance Corporal Clifford Robert Jack, 35 Battalion AIF, Sydney, at sea, Salisbury Plains, France, 1916-1918. Collection includes photostat copies of letters