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Title
Palmer war diary, 8 Dec. 1915-17 April 1919 / Joseph Adams Palmer
Creator
Joseph Adams Palmer
Call number
MLMSS 2938
Level of description
sub-fonds
Date

8 Dec. 1915-17 April 1919
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
846748
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Physical Description
0.03 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Joseph Adams Palmer, a butcher of Raymond Terrace, N.S.W. enlisted aged 18 at West Maitland 8 December 1915 and served with the 34th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces in France. He was wounded 10 March 1917 and gassed 17 April 1918. He returned to Sydney 25 February 1919 and was discharged 17 April 1919
Scope and Content
Describes voyage to England on the S.S. Hororata May-June 1916, front line action and battalion movements in France Nov. 1916-Apr. 1918 with recuperation periods in England after being wounded and gassed, and return voyage to Sydney on the S.S. Orsova, Jan-Feb 1919
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales<br>
Rights and Restrictions Information:: May be copied for reference and publication<br>
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Finding Aids
Read the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2010/D03961/a2695.htm
General note

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Microfilm copy available at CY 1909, frames 1 - 46
Digital order no:Album ID : 904838
Name
Orsova (troopship)
Hororata (ship)
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
Soldiers--Australia.
Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.
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