Harris diaries, 17 August 1914-27 December 1918 / Robert Harris

sub-fonds

17 August 1914-27 December 1918

865403

Digitised : 2011

0.05 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript, printed

Robert Harris, a schoolteacher from Glen Innes, N.S.W. embarked from Sydney aged 20 on HMAT A35 Berrima, 19 Aug. 1914, and served with the Machine Gun Section, 2nd Battalion of the Australian Infantry Forces. He saw action in New Guinea, France and at Gallipoli. He was promoted to Lance Corporal 1 Oct. 1914, received officer training in England Oct. 1917-June 1918 and was attached to machine gun sections of the 9th, 11th and 12th Battalions. Harris was wounded Sept. 1918, recuperated in England and returned to France Dec. 1918. He returned to Australia on the Katoomba, Sept. 1919

ITEM 01
Robert Harris diary, 17 August 1914-3 January 1915

ITEM 02
Robert Harris diary, 24 July 1915-30 March 1916

ITEM 03
Robert Harris diary, 30 March 1916- 28 March 1917

ITEM 04
Robert Harris diary, 4 April 1917-27 December 1918

ITEM 05
Robert Harris postcard sent from Belgium, 27 July 1916

ITEM 06
Robert Harris postcard, 9 Sept. 1914

Microfilm available at CY 416, frames 1 - 272
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries