Marshall, John James (Captain, b.1890 - d.1918) Accession Number: 1DRL/0481

Description

Collection relating to the service of Captain John James Marshall, 55 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli, France. Collection consists of five letters written by Captain Marshall to his parents. While Marshall discusses the landing at Gallipoli at some length in one of his letters, he himself did not arrive on the Peninsula until July 1915.

Contextual Description

Biographical note: Captain John James Marshall, 55 Battalion, AIF. Public servant, of Kogarah, NSW, born Bexley, NSW; educated at the Kogarah High School; served in the Citizen Forces, CMF; joined the AIF in 1915 (or end of 1914) and left Australia as a 2nd Lieutenant with reinforcements for the 3rd Battalion, which he joined at Anzac; transferred to 55 Battalion in 1916; wounded at Polygon Wood in September 1917; killed in action at Villers Bretonneux, 27 April 1918, aged 27. Son of William John and Jane Francis Marshall, of Windsor Forest Rd., Penshurst, New South Wales.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0481
Maker
Captain John James Marshall
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1915-1918
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.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/1578
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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