The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of Captain Arthur Arundel Mackenzie MC, Imperial Camel Corps and (later) 14 Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Egypt, Syria, 1918-1919. Collection consists of seven letters written by Captain Mackenzie between June 1917 and January 1919, to his sister Helen Arundel Mackenzie, recording his convalescence in Egypt, active service with the Camel Corps in Palestine, award of MC, and being stationed in the Jordan Valley at the end of the war.
A feature of this collection is a letter written from Beyrouth [Beirut] Syria, 11 January 1919. In this letter, Mackenzie gives an account of the conditions under which the ordinary citizens of Palestine and Syria were living during the war. He mentions the rise in food prices, the increasing unavailability of even the most basic supplies, ("Over one-third of the population has died in Syria, from lack of food during the War"), and the destruction of food by the retreating enemy, at towns such as Damascus, Tripoli and Beyrouth [Beirut].
Biographical note: Captain Arthur Arundel Mackenzie, MC, Imperial Camel Corps, and (later) 14 Light Horse Regiment, AIF. Station hand, of Branxton, NSW; born Greta, NSW, 12 April 1891; joined the AIF on; 15 February 1916 - appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Imperial Camel Corps; 2 January 1917 - promoted to Lieutenant; 1 July 1918 posted to 14 Light Horse Regiment; 9 May 1919 - temporary Captain; 8 April 1920 - AIF appointment terminated.
Letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Arthur Arundel Mackenzie, 1st Infantry Battalion. In this series of letters Mackenzie details his experiences whilst serving with 1st Battali
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur James Mills, DSO, VD, 1 Light Horse Regiment; 1st & 4th (Anzac) Battalions, Imperial Camel Corps; 15 Light Horse Regiment, 1915-1919, Eg
Collection relating to service of Captain Randolph William Creswell, 3 ANZAC Camel Battalion, Egypt and Palestine, 1916-1917. Collection includes a letter (and a transcribed copy) written to his fath
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Mervyn Digby Knight, MC,60 Battalion, France, 1917. Collection consists of biographical notes, a handwritten copy of a letter from General William Bir
Collection relating to the service of Captain Charles Harold Peters, MC, 38 Battalion, AIF, at sea, England, Western Front, 1916 - 1919. Collection consists of typed copies of various papers and lett
Collection relating to service of 806 Sergeant Henry Arundel Cheney, 50 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes a typewritten account of the Landing at Gallipoli, as presented in a talk by Ch