The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Original letter (2 pp), written in pencil by nine year old Sydney schoolboy Bruce Bremner, to 2978 W Nicol of the 1/5th Battalion, The Royal Scots (British Army). Dated 3 May 1915, the letter reveals a deep vein of anti-German sentiment ('I hope you will kill the Kaiser before long') and also concern for the soldier's welfare. The intended recipent died before the letter reached him, and the associated envelope indicates that the communication was sent to Scotland, France and the "Mediterranean Expeditionary Force' before being returned to the sender.
Collection relating to the Second World War experience of George James Feakes, civilian POW, Singapore and Dutch East Indies, 1942-1946. Feakes was an Australian engineer based in Singapore, whose job