The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3509 Trooper Urban Stanley Billing, 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment. Collection consists of a 20 page letter was written by Tpr Billing to his wife Louisa Billing on 16 November 1918 whilst he was a patient in 14th Australian General Hospital at Port Said in Egypt. The letter describes the big push from Jaffa to Damascus, when mounted troops under General Allenby crushed the 3rd and 4th Turkish Armies in September to October 1918, and in particular describes the carnage that he encountered in Barada Gorge as he passed through it on 1 October 1918. Also included are two envelopes. A post script to the letter states the letter grew so big he was posting it in two envelopes.
Letter relating to the First World War service of 3509 Trooper Urban Stanley Billing, 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment. The 20 page letter was written by Tpr Billing to his wife Louisa Billing on
Letter relating to the First World War service of 3509 Trooper Urban Stanley Billing, 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment. The 20 page letter was written by Tpr Billing to his wife Louisa Billing on
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2450 Private Andrew Mitchison, 19th Australian Infantry Battalion, Egypt and France, 1915-1916. The collection consists of an original handwritten
Letter written in March 1968, by Trooper Phillip M Tonks, 3 Cavalry Regiment, to family members during his service in Vietnam. Tonks describes an operation his unit was to be involved in the day afte
Collection relating to the First World War service of Sister Elsie Rose Grant, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, France, 1917. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of two handwritten
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1101 Lieutenant Harold Vynne Woods. Woods initially joined the Ambulance Corps, 4th Field Ambulance, and later became an officer with the 16th Aus
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain William Johnstone Binns, AAMC, England and France. Collection consists of three letters (one is incomplete) to his young nephew Kenneth J