422268
- TitleBryan war diary, 17 August 1914-4 July 1918 / Edward Patrick Bryan
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 729
- Level of descriptionsub-fonds
- Date
17 August 1914-4 July 1918 - Type of material
- Reference code422268
- Issue CopyDigitised : 2014
- Physical Description0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
E. P. Bryan, a labourer of South Melbourne, was a signaller in the 6th Battalion, C Company and served at Gallipoli and in France. He enlisted 17 Aug. 1914, stating his age as 19 years, and embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata, 19 October 1914, shortly after his sixteenth birthday and returned to Australia 21 Mar. 1918 - Scope and ContentDiary describes the voyage from Melbourne, arrival in Alexandria 5 Dec. 1914 and activities at Mena Camp. Bryan gives a graphic description of the landing at Gallipoli 25 Apr. 1915 where he was wounded in the foot and sent to hospital in Alexandria. He returned to Anzac 1 June 1915, was evacuated from there 13 Dec. 1915, arrived in Alexandria 5 Jan. 1916, entrained to Tel-el-Kebir then the Serapium desert and embarked on SS Ballarat from Alexandria to Marseilles, arriving 2 Apr. 1916.
His account includes war activities at the Front in France and Belgium where he spent his 18th birthday 12 Sept. 1916. He describes trouble with authorities, overstayed leave, hospitalisation with shingles, and departure from England on the Euripides 31 Jan. 1918, arriving in Melbourne 21 Mar. 1918 - Copying ConditionsCopyright status:: In copyright
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
Rights and Restrictions Information:: May be copied for reference and publication
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Finding AidsRead the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2011/D12337/a3742.htm
- General note
Parts of the diary have been overwritten in pen
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Microfilm copy available at CY 4928, frames 413-489
Digital order no:Album ID : 1067661 - Name
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