Pyke diaries, 14 September 1914-31 December 1917, and papers, 1914-1918 / Arthur Richard Pyke

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14 September 1914-1918

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Manuscript Cartographic Materials, Cartographic Materials

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Digitised : 2014

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

Gunner A. R. Pyke, bush labourer of Paddington, New South Wales, enlisted at the age of 26, 17 Sept. 1914 and embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic, 22 Dec. 1914. He served in the 8th Australian Army Service Corps, Ammunition Section, in Egypt, 1 Feb. -13 May 1915 and Gallipoli 17 May-26 June 1915, 2 Oct.-19 Nov. 1915. He was an instructor of signalling and staff duty work in France 3 Sept. 1916-27 May 1917. Ill health caused his return to Sydney, N.S.W. on HT Demosthenes, 27 Sept. 1917. He took up land in a Soldier Settlement area at Clinton near Inverell, Nov. 1917

ITEM 01
Arthur Richard Pyke diary, 14 September 1914-7 December 1915

ITEM 02
Arthur Richard Pyke diary, 1 January-31 December 1917

ITEM 03
Arthur Richard Pyke postcards, December 1914-November 1916

ITEM 04
Arthur Richard Pyke miscellaneous papers, 1914-1918

ITEM 05
Survey Department map of Cairo and environs, 1912, from the Arthur Richard Pyke papers

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State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries