Betts, Samuel (Sapper, b.? - d.1916) Accession Number: 1DRL/0116

Description

Collection relating to service of 2197 Sapper Samuel Betts, 8 Field Company Engineers, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes letters written home to family in England.

Contextual Description

Biographical note: 2197 Sapper Samuel Betts, 8 Field Company, Australian Engineers. Killed in action near Armentieres, 19 July 1916. Age 27. Son of Samuel and Eliza Betts, of 78 Brownhill Crescent, Harehills, Leeds, England.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0116
Maker
Sapper Samuel Betts
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
wallet: 1 cm
Date Made
1915-1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
6
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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