Series 19: Letters from the Front, mostly to Mrs John Robertson, 1914-1918, 1941

MLMSS 4997/Box 64b

series

1914-1918

1020997

0.25 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript

Letters, mostly to Mrs John Robertson ('Babs' or 'Mrs Jack') from enlisted men formerly employed at Toganmain, neighbours and others. Includes letters from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Belgium, France and Gallipoli containing information about the conditions, battle methodology and technology including bombs, zeppelins, aeroplanes and air raids. Describe events experienced, leave, London and Paris during the war, descriptions of the countryside, and conditions in the mud and trenches.

Includes one WWII letter: from Hector Forsayth on active service in Syria, 1941 (Item 18).

ITEM 01
James Wilkie letters, ca. 1914-1918

ITEM 02
J. B. Metcalfe letters, 1915-1918

ITEM 03
John Chute (Jock) Ellis letters, 1915-1917, with letter from T. C. Ellis, 1917

ITEM 04
John Chute Ellis letters, 1915-1917

ITEM 05
Letters from 'Sam' to Mrs John Robertson, 1914-1915

ITEM 06:
Letter from 'Peter' to Mrs John Robertson, 1916

ITEM 07
Martin Gibbins letter, 1916

ITEM 08
Bertie Macnamara letter, 1916

ITEM 09
Ernest S. Kirby letter, 1916

ITEM 10
J. S. D. Walker letters, 1916

ITEM 11
James Ayre letter, 1916

ITEM 12
Dave Peter letter, 1916

ITEM 13
Alison Walker letters, 1916

ITEM 14
Letters from 'Stuart' to Mrs John Robertson, 1917

ITEM 15
C.A. Verge letter, ca. 1914-1918

ITEM 16
Letter to Mrs John Robertson from ? Davis, 25 September 1916

ITEM 17
W. Reginald R. Hunch letter, 1915

ITEM 18
Letter to Mrs Robertson from Hector Forsayth, 10 September 1941

Copyright status:: In copyright
Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
Rights and Restrictions Information:: No publication without prior written approval of copyright holder
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I letters

Series 19 was given call number MLMSS 4997/64/1 in the hard copy Guide to this collection, with its constituent items numbered 1A-1R. These correspond to current Box 64b / Items 1-18. Box 64a now houses Series 08: Rainfall observations - Toganmain (MLMSS 4997/64/2 and MLMSS 4997/64/3 in the hard copy Guide).