Series 03: Henry Weston Pryce papers, 14 July 1916-ca. 1933

MLMSS 3444 ADD-ON 1255 (MLK 3095-MLK 3098)

series

14 July 1916-ca. 1933

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

1059127

Henry Weston Pryce, a business organiser of Waverley, New South Wales enlisted 31 May 1916, aged 25 and embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln, 20 Oct. 1916. He served with the 6th Reinforcements 9th Machine Gun Company in France, where he was wounded in action, 1 Oct. 1917. He returned to Australia 25 Nov. 1917. He began contributing to the Sun newspaper under the pseudonym Gunner 397, and was invited to join the staff. He wrote a column as Peter Persnurkus from 1922 and was feature editor.

ITEM 01
Henry Weston Pryce diary, 4-30 March 1916, 25 November-4 December 1916

ITEM 02
Henry Weston Pryce papers, 8 August 1916-23 November 1917

ITEM 03
Henry Weston Pryce poems and other papers, 1916-1918

ITEM 04
Henry Weston Pryce manuscripts, 1937-1938

ITEM 05
Henry Weston Pryce manuscripts, 1922-1930

ITEM 06
Henry Weston Pryce miscellaneous papers, 1922-ca. 1933