Farnes, Robert Samuel (Lieutenant, 2nd Sig Troops, LHR Bde, AIF) Accession Number: PR83/106

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Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Robert Samuel Farnes, 2nd Signal Troop. Collection consists of three personal diaries, three copies of unit diaries, leave pass, letters and cablegrams, training notes, news and magazine clippings, citation and statement of service, notes re 2nd Signal Troop, papers and blueprints about radio stations and wireless transmissions. Farnes served on Gallipoli and was in the 2nd last group to be evacuated. His diaries record his passage to Egypt, transfer to Gallipoli, evacuation, active service at Romani and Beersheba, communication duties in the Jordan Valley, comments on the Surafend incident and the later riots in Egypt.

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Accession Number
PR83/106
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1913-1919
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
17
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM315 419/032/032
Copyright
AWM copyright

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