• Title
  Alexander diary, 1917-1918 / Roy Alexander
• Creator
  Roy Alexander
• Call number
  MLMSS 1610
  
• Level of description
  sub-fonds
• Date
  
  1917-1918
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  422253
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2014
  
• Physical Description
  0.03 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Roy Alexander, an Australian, was wireless operator on the New Zealand cargo ship Wairuna at the time of her capture by the German raider Wolf, 2 June 1917
• Scope and Content
  Apparently a fair copy written up from original diary. Describes departure from Auckland for San Francisco, 31 May 1917, capture and sinking of the Wairuna, events during the Wolf's cruise in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including illness among prisoners, arrival in Kiel, Feb. 1918, experiences in various German prison camps, release and journey to London via Scotland, Nov. 1918
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: May be copied for reference and publication
  Please acknowledge:: Please acknowledge: - Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D11991/a3038.htm
• General note
  
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries.
  Microfilm copy available at CY 4884, frames 1 - 136
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1033202
  The cruise of the raider 'Wolf' / by Roy Alexander, Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1939 - http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1425172
• Name
  Wairuna (ship)
  Wolf (Ship)
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, German.
  World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
  World War, 1914-1918--Australia.
  World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, German.
  World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, Australian.
  
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