The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3931 Sergeant Frederick Arthur Woods, I Anzac Cyclist Battalion, France and Australia, 1916-1927.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains a dairy, ephemera, photographs and correspondence relating to Woods' service with I ANZAC Cyclist Battalion during the First World War and, later, his work with the Repatriation Department. The diary, containing entries dated from 7 February 1916 to 12 May 1917, details Woods' service on the Western Front in the Albert area in France. He writes of the fighting on the Somme in 1916 and the loss and hardship endured by members of his cyclist unit by illnesses and death by 'shells', his failing health, hospitalisation in England and his return to Australia on SS Beltana. He has also included platoon listings with details on the names, numbers, transfers, civil occupation, and religion of men from his unit in the diary, along with information on payments, brigade and battalion colours, earnings and other credits, and select names and addresses. Inserted in the diary is a newspaper clipping of three men standing before Buckingham Palace, a photograph of six men sitting at a table, and a sleeve of four pressed poppies, the latter of which were pressed into the diary by Woods' son after Woods had returned home. The collection also includes a photograph of seven men in uniform, a ribbon from the Welcome Home Committee of Western Australia, three newspaper clippings relating to Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, three letters from the Deputy Commissioner for Repatriation, dated between 23 December 1921 to 24 December 1923, thanking Woods for his service with the department, a character reference letter for Woods from the Deputy Commissioner for Repatriation, dated 15 March 1927, and a newspaper clipping depicting the Somme region of France.
Copy of typed diary relating involvement in the Battle of the Somme from the capture of Flers and Gueudecourt to the capture of Bullecourt during the winter of 1916-17. Written by Arthur Edward Matth
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Arthur Henry Vogan, 55 Battalion. Collection consists of a diary; three training certificates pertaining to specific qualifications att
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX63973 Captain Stanley Stuart Woods, 2/10 Australian Ordnance Field Park, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore, Borneo and Australia, 194
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2493 Private Dudley Jackson MM, 20 Battalion, Australia, Egypt, Western Front, 1915-1919. Collection consists of two notebooks containing Jackson
Collection relating to the First World War service of 5726 Sailmaker’s Mate Arthur Artemas Waud, HMAS Sydney I, Royal Australian Navy, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1917-1963. Wallet 1 of 2 – Con
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