• Title
  Hyder's letter to his mother, written 27-28 July 1915 / Laurie E. Hyder
• Creator
  Laurie E. Hyder
• Call number
  MLDOC 2415
  
• Level of description
  sub-fonds
• Date
  
  27-28 July 1915
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  866750
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2014
  
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Laurie E. Hyder, a furniture packer of Melbourne, Vic. was born in Coleraine, New South Wales. He enlisted 17 Aug. 1914 and embarked from Melbourne on HMAT A20 Hororata, 19 October 1914. He served as a private in the 6th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces in Gallipoli and returned to Australia 15 August 1915.
• Scope and Content
  Letter from Laurie E. Hyder to his mother, begun on the evening of the 27th July and finished the next morning. It was written from Luna Park Heliopolis in Egypt and posted from London, and describes his experiences including a graphic account of the landing at Gallipoli
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Copyright holder:: assignee of L. E. Hyder
  Approval for reproduction required:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D12010/a3054.htm
• General note
  
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I letters
  Microfilm copy available at CY 4871, frames 437-448
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1025693
• Name
  Australia. Army. Battalion, 6th
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
  World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula--Personal narratives, Australian.
  Soldiers--Australia.
  Soldiers--Australia--Correspondence.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE576215

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