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Title
Compton diaries, 17 March 1915 - 11 January 1919 / Albert Richmond Compton
Creator
Albert Richmond Compton
Level of description
sub-fonds
Date

17 March 1915 - 11 January 1919
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
422382
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Physical Description
(2") box
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Sergeant A. R. Compton, coachsmith of Leichhardt, N.S.W. enlisted at Liverpool, N.S.W. aged 20 years, 15 Feb. 1915 and embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A9 Shropshire, 17 Mar. 1915. He served with the 13th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement at Gallipoli and in France. On 11 Apr. 1917, he was captured by the Germans at Bullecourt, remaining a prisoner until repatriation in Dec. 1918. He returned to Australia on HT Khyber, 31 March 1919
Scope and Content
ITEM 01
A. R. Compton diary, 17 March 1915 - 17 March 1916

ITEM 02
A. R. Compton diary, 18 March 1916 - 14 February 1917

ITEM 03
A. R. Compton diary, 11 April-6 December 1917

ITEM 04
A. R. Compton diary, 7 December 1917-25 August 1918

ITEM 05
A. R. Compton notebook, 19 December 1918-11 January 1919
General note

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Microfilm copy available at CY 4304, frames 1 - 250
Name
Compton, A. R.
Shropshire (ship)
Khyber (ship)
Australia. Army. Battalion, 13th
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, German.
Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.
Soldiers--Australia.

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