Oscar Gillam papers, 1892-1937

MLMSS 9185/Box 1X

fonds

1892-1937

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

862550

0.47 metres of textual and photographic material (1 outsize box)

Oscar William Gillam served as a Sub-Lieutenant in the New South Wales Naval Force sent to the Boxer Rebellion conflict in China, embarking on the SS Salamis in August 1900 and returning to Australia in April 1901. In 1914, as a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, he took part in the capture of Bitapaka and Herbertshohe in New Britain, part of German New Guinea, subsequently serving as the King’s Harbour Master in Rabaul.

References:
Compiled from the collection
90 Years on: Rabaul and Sydney/Emden 1914 at http://www.navyhistory.org.au (accessed 24 Oct 2013)

The collection comprises four photograph albums and two folders of loose papers, largely accumulated during Gillam’s naval service in the Boxer Rebellion campaign and throughout World War I in New Guinea and Australia.

ITEM 01
Oscar Gillam photograph album, 1914-1915

ITEM 02
Oscar Gillam photograph album, 1914-1919

ITEM 03
Oscar Gillam photograph album, 1900-1915

ITEM 04
Oscar Gillam scrapbook album, 1892-1920

ITEM 05
Oscar Gillam miscellaneous items, 1919-1937

ITEM 06
Shipboard newsletter, 1914

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
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Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2013-2014

Album 1: Pages crumbling around edges, covers detached
Album 2: Covers detached
Album 3: Spine missing
Album 4: Spine missing