• Title
  William Pickersgill papers, ca. 1915-18 January 1919
• Creator
  William Pickersgill
• Call number
  MLDOC 2853
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1915-18 January 1919
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Objects, Drawings, Photographs, Ephemera
• Reference code
  944041
• Physical Description
  1 folder of textual material - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  William Pickersgill, lead burner, of Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia, enlisted in Perth, 10 Nov. 1915 and embarked for Egypt on HMAT A28 Miltiades, 12 Feb. 1916. He served with the 16th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 4th Division in France and Belgium. He was wounded in action in France 1 Aug. 1916 and on 6 March 1917 was transported on hospital ship Port Elizabeth for England where he was treated for trench feet. He attended Australian Corp Signalling School in Aug. 1918 and returned to Australia on the Anchises, 28 Feb. 1919
• Scope and Content
  Item 1
  Envelope with manuscript annotations on front
  
  Item 2
  Black and white photograph of three World War I soldiers Bill Rickard, John Edwin Ffoulkes and Will, with manuscripts annotations on the reverse by soldier Will to his wife Jill, Belgium, 18 January 1919
  
  Item 3
  Postcard with black and white photograph of Port Said, from an unidentified soldier to his Aunty Pollie, from Heliopolis, Egypt, no date.
  
  Item 4
  Black and white photograph of soldier from the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, J. Ffoulkes and his bride, no date
  
  Item 5
  Satirical war drawing with manuscript annotation 'Jim Elliott decides he knows a better position for the sun further back', no date
  
  Item 6
  Caricature drawing of an officer in military uniform carrying a sword, signed J. Lawson, no date
  
  Item 7
  Newscutting captioned 'Anzacs in France Carrying in a Wounded Comrade' on a stretcher
  
  Item 8
  Soldiers pocket book bag with '16th Batt. B Australian Imperial Force.' printed on front
• General note
  
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I papers
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1023887
• Name
  Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Battalion, 16th.
  Miltiades (ship)
  Anchises (ship)
  
• Subject
  Soldiers--Australia.
  World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons.
  World War, 1914-1918--Egypt--Personal narratives, Australian.
  Australia. Army--Officers--Portraits
  World War, 1914-1918--Australia.
  
• Topic
  wounded soldiers
  soldiers
  caricatures
  drawings
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE372644

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