1027133
- TitleItem 04: Letters sent by Robert Christian Wilson to his family, 1916
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 7117/Box 11/Folders 7-9
- Level of descriptionitem
- Date
1916 - Type of material
- Reference code1027133
- Issue CopyDigitised : 2014
- Physical Description3 folders
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Letters sent by Robert Christian Wilson, being ms. letters and cards sent (196) to family members during World War I while Robert Wilson was on active service in Egypt and Palestine. Letters begin when Wilson first enlisted in the A.I.F. and before he departed Sydney on a troopship, and includes a letter written to Wilson by his mother on his departure. Letters describe all aspects of daily life of a soldier in the Middle East including the journey to Egypt; the camps and surrounding areas; duties and activities; other Australian soldiers; impressions of the native inhabitants and the local countryside; places such as Cairo and Alexandria visited on leave; local agricultural and farming activities; his own photography. - System of arrangementArranged chronologically
- Copying ConditionsCopyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder - Finding AidsRead the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2014/D25624/a9767.html
- General note
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I letters
Digital order no:Album ID : 1076034 - Exhibited in
Life Interrupted: Personal Diaries from World War I - State Library of New South Wales (5 July - 21 September, 2014) - Open Rosetta viewer
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