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Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 5 Field Company and 8 Field Company, RAE and later 53 Battalion AIF. Collection consists of a typescript collection, compiled by Lieutenant McInnis after WWI, of extracts from letters and diaries he wrote during his period of service. Related records of Lieutenant McInnis are held at PR82/128, PR00917 and G7432.G1 S65 x11.8e.
This collection provides a remarkable account of Lieutenant McInnis's experiences during in the First World War. McInnis notes at the conclusion of the collection that "in rewriting this diary I have refrained from adding anything from memory. It is purely a record of what was written at the time." McInnis served on Gallipoli with the 5th Field Company and was present at the Evacuation; with the 53rd Battalion he was a combatant at the Battle of Fromelles (of which he gives a detailed description), the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt, and Passchendaele. His 'diary' also contains a detailed and expressive account of his experience of being buried alive in his dugout, in October 1916.
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 5 Field Company and 8 Field Company, RAE and later 53 Battalion AIF. Collection consists of three diaries (in no
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 5 Field Company and 8 Field Company, RAE and later 53 Battalion AIF. Collection consists of: 1. Field message b
Diary relating to the First World War service of 399 Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 53rd Battalion. Written between 10 November 1917 and 31 December 1918, this diary written in an address book, McI
Diary relating to the First World War service of 399 Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 53rd Battalion. Written between 10 June 1916 and 3 November 1917, in this diary McInnis details his experiences a
Diary relating to the First World War service of 399 Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 53rd Battalion. Written between 19 June 1916 and the 12 March 1919, in this diary McInnis details his experiences
Transcript of diary and letter extracts relating to the First World War service of 399 Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 53rd Battalion. In this transcript, covering 22 May 1915 to 22 May 1919, McInni
