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Title
Verdi George Schwinghammer diary, 6 May 1916-26 September 1919
Creator
Verdi G. Schwinghammer
Call number
MLMSS 1683
Level of description
fonds
Date

6 May 1916-26 September 1919
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
873559
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Physical Description
0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Verdi George Schwinghammer, clerk of Byron Bay, New South Wales was 25 years old when he embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra, 17 Nov. 1916. He was attached to the 42nd Battalion A.I.F., formed with men from Northern Rivers, New South Wales, and southern Queensland. He served in France June 1917-Apr. 1919, was wounded and spent some time in hospital in France and England before returning to Australia 16 June 1919
Scope and Content
Diary describes voyage from Brisbane to England on the troopship Kyarra, Nov. 1916-Jan. 1917, action in France June 1917-Apr. 1919, battles, including the battle of Broodseinde, Somme and the Hindenburg line, leave in England, Paris and Brussels and return to Australia in Aug. 1919.
Compiled from diaries kept during the war
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Finding Aids
Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D16592/a5657.htm
General note

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Microfilm copy available at: CY 4896, frames 1 - 81
Digital order no:Album ID : 1033203
Name
Kyarra (ship)
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.
Soldiers--Australia--Correspondence.
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