Preface to Imshi, by Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Currie, 29 April 1919

MLMSS 8656

fonds

29 April 1919

990739

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript

The S. S. Karoa was a British India Steam Navigation Co. ship built for service in the tropics. It was requisitioned as an Expeditionary Force Transport in 1915.
The publication ‘Imshi: a souvenir of the troopship Karoa' contained verse, stories, humor and a nominal roll of the personnel aboard the Karoa. These entries were originally posted on each mess deck and then republished in book form at the end of the voyage.

Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Currie was the Commanding Officer of the 28th Battalion. He was awarded the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George as well as the Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in recognition of specially meritorious work rendered on active service.

Reference:
http://www.awm.gov.au/units/people_1076327.asp (accessed 17 August 2012)

This handwritten document is the preface to the publication ‘Imshi: a souvenir of the troopship "Karoa"’, published in Australia in 1919. The document is written on Australian Commonwealth Military Forces letterhead and signed P. Currie.

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Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
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These documents came to the Mitchell Library in response to the Library's general appeal for diaries and other papers of Australian servicemen and women who served in World War 1.

Copies of the publication ‘Imshi: a souvenir of the troopship "Karoa"’ are held in the Mitchell Library, ML 940.394/11 and in the Dixson Library, DL 91/1062.