• Title
  Watson war diary, 1917 / William Charles Watson
• Creator
  William Charles Watson
• Call number
  MLMSS 2949
  
• Level of description
  sub-fonds
• Date
  
  1917
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  872523
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2014
  
• Physical Description
  0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - carbon typescript, manuscript corrections
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Sergeant William Charles Watson, a clerk of Burrum, Queensland enlisted aged 25 years, 16 Aug. 1915 and embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A62 Wandilla, 31 Jan. 1916. He served with the 31st Battalion and 7th Field Ambulance in the Abbeville, Amiens and Somme areas of France in 1917. He was wounded in France, 28 Nov. 1916 and returned to Australia on hospital ship Karoola, 6 Sept. 1918
• Scope and Content
  Narrative describing life in the trenches under fire, including a period as a despatch runner
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Copyright holder:: assignee of William Charles Watson
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: It is your responsibility to seek permission from the copyright holder
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• General note
  
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1064055
• Conservation note
  
  Requires rehousing
• Name
  Wandilla (ship)
  Karoola (hospital ship)
  Australia. Army. Field Ambulance, 7th
  Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) Battalion, 31st
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
  Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.
  Soldiers--Australia.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE569433

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