Geoffrey Oswald Hawkins family papers, 1885 - ca. 1986

MLMSS 5424

fonds

1885 - ca. 1986

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours, Photographs, Ephemera, Medals

890228

Partially Microfilmed : CY 4972, frames 1-697

0.68 metres of textual material (4 boxes)

Geoffrey Oswald Hawkins, a surveyor of Bendigo, Victoria enlisted in the A.I.F. on 1 March, 1915 aged 44. He embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 July 1915 and served with the 28th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement in Egypt, France and Belgium. He was wounded in action Sept. 1916 and hospitalised with trench feet in Nov.-Dec. 1916. He left France for London 8 Dec. 1918 and was taken on the staff of War Records. From Sept. 1919-Apr. 1920 he was with the War Graves Commission in the Dardenelles

Series 01
Geoffrey Oswald Hawkins literary manuscripts, 1895-1935

Series 02
Personal papers of Geoffrey Oswald Hawkins and family, 1885-198-

Series 03
Geoffrey Oswald Hawkins - sketches, photographs and medals, 1885-1923.

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