Mundell, William Twynam (Major, b. - d.1917) Accession Number: 1DRL/0523

Description

Collection relating to the service of Major William Twynam Mundell, 15 Battalion, Australia, Gallipoli, Western Front, 1914-1917. Collection consists of eleven letters (typed copies) written by Mundell to various family members in Australia, a copy of a photograph of Major Mundell in uniform, a letter (typed copy) written by 3234 Sergeant James Castles Blair in 1917, and a letter (typed copy) from the Australian Red Cross Society to Major Mundell's brother, containing eye-witness reports of Mundell's death. Copies made by Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown.

Contextual Description

Biographical note: Major William Twynam Mundell, 15 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Mentioned in Despatches. Died of wounds 19 August 1917, aged 26. Son of David and Fanny Alice Mundell; husband of Alice Maude Mundell, of 138 Ormond Road, Elwood, Victoria, Australia. Other biographical details concerning him are: Commission Agent; of Moonee Ponds, Victoria; born South Melbourne, Vic.; educated at Albert Park State School and the Church of England Grammar School, Essendon, Victoria; he had also been a salesman, and had had mining experience in New Guinea. He enlisted in August 1914 in Brisbane and was posted (as a private) to the 15th Battalion, gained his commission at Anzac. He was in command of the battalion when he was killed. (A brother, Sergeant James Middlecoat Mundell, enlisted in 1914 and served with the 13th Light Horse Regiment in Gallipoli and France, and was invalided to Australia in 1917.)

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0523
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1927
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
14
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/102
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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