George Watkin Wynne family papers, 1888-1945.

MLMSS 2004
SAFE/MLMSS 2004 (Safe 4/9)

fonds

1888-1945

913801

1 box and 1 portfolio of textual material

G. W. Wynne, b. 1872, a reporter for the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, N.S.W., became a war correspondent with the Australian Naval Contingent, ca.1900-1901. He was a major by 1911 and commanded the Australian Coronation Contingent at the coronation of King George V. His son, Leslie George Wynne, was on the composing staff of the Daily Telegraph and enlisted in 1915, serving with the 13th Battalion. He was a prisoner of war in Germany, ca.1917-1918. He was discharged in 1919

PORTFOLIO 1X
a. Papers of George Watkin Wynne, 1888-1918
Miscellaneous papers, 1891-1918

BOX 2
Items 1-3
Letters received, 1888, 1911, from Frederick Sleigh Roberts and George Houston Reid, amongst others and a newscuttings book

Items 4-6
b. Papers of Leslie George Wynne, 1911-1945
Includes certificates, Anzac bulletin no. 37, 2 Oct. 1916, letter of promotion to sergeant received while a prisoner of war, July 1918, a newscutting describing his experiences as a prisoner in Germany. Also includes a letter from Anthony Kimmons to Ezra North, 23 July 1945

Foreign currency filed at SAFE/MLMSS 2004 (Safe 4 / 9)

Access via appointment - Applies to SAFE/MLMSS 2004 (Safe 4/9)

This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.2003
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I papers