The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Letters written by Lieutenant Colonel Harry William Lee of 9 Battalion and his son, Major Harry William "Billy" Lee of 25 Battalion during their service in the First World War, at Gallipoli and, in the case of Major Harry Lee, additionally in Egypt, France and Belgium. The greater portion of the correspondence (including postcards) is associated with Major Harry William "Billy" Lee. Notable items include a valedictory letter by Colonel Lee written just before the 3rd Infantry Brigade's landing at Anzac on 25 April 1915; also a short 'diary' of Gallipoli affairs in a letter by Major Harry Lee of 14 May 1915. Included in the collection are letters of tribute and condolence to the Lee family following the death of Major Harry Lee on 21 March 1917, also his Next of Kin Memorial Scroll and a letter from AIF Base Records, dated 13 October 1924, recording the relocation of Major Harry Lee's grave from Vraucourt to Achiet Le Grand Communal Cemetery.
Portrait of three members of the 9th Battalion in front of the Sphinx near Mena Camp in Egypt. The central figure is Major Harry William Lee (Junior). Major Lee enlisted on 20 August 1914, 5 days af
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Edwin William Pennell, DCM, MM and bar, 4 Division Signal Company, AIF, Australia and Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of two letters written
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar, 8 Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine, 1915-1917. Collection consists of nine letters written by Lieutenant
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar VC, 8 Australian Light Horse Regiment, Turkey, Egypt and Palestine, 1915-1917. Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains tw
Three letters written in 1968 (during the Vietnam War) to Major Harry Bell of A Company, 1 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) by his colleague, Major Colin Adamson, Commander of A Company
Correspondence, photographs and papers relating to the First World War service and death of Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar VC, DSO, MID. Comprises letters written from Egypt to his mother (16