Burrell diaries, 20 December 1915-1 July 1919 / William Henry Thornhill Burrell

sub-fonds

20 December 1915-1 July 1919

Textual Records, Cartographic Materials

422458

Microfilm : CY 4952, frames 1-215

(2") box

Sapper W. Burrell, a railway signalman of Camperdown, Sydney, and born in Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales, was 22 years when he enlisted on 15 Nov. 1915. He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A60 Aeneas, 20 Dec. 1915 and served as a stretcher-bearer with B. Company 17th Battalion 5 Infantry Brigade A.I.F. in France and Belgium Apr. 1916 - Sep. 1917. He was wounded when carrying injured men from the front line near Westhoek, 20 Sept. 1917 and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. After treatment in England he returned to France with a railway unit, the 4th Australian B.G.R.O. Company and returned to Australia on the Zealandia, 11 May 1919

ITEM 01
William Burrell diary, 20 December 1915-12 November 1916

ITEM 02
William Burrell diary, 1 May 1917-15 June 1918

ITEM 03
William Burrell diary, 16 June 1918-1 July 1919

ITEM 04
Carte des Bombardements de Dunkerque, annotated by William Burrell, 1914-1918

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