Series 01: Clementina Marshall war diary, 17 October 1914 to 30 August 1917, with transcript compiled by Donald Marshall, 2015 and family records, ca. 1879-1888.

MLMSS 9951

series

1879-1917, predominant 1914-1917

1007529

0.21 metres of textual material (1 box and 1 folder) - manuscript, typescript

MLMSS 9951/Box 1
Item 01
Diary relating to the First World War service of Clementine Marshall, Australian Army Nursing Service. The diary, kept between 17 October 1914 and 30 August 1917, details her journey across the Indian ocean on the first convoy of Anzac soldiers towards England through the Suez Canal on board troopship SS Argyllshire, through Egypt and the Mediterranean sea on HS Secilia, towards Gallipoli during the German/Turkish bombings on the hospital ship Gascon, through the Dardenelles caring for wounded soldiers at the hospital base. Noteably, it includes an account of her experiences during the Gallipoli campaign with a long entry for the landing on 25 April 1914 and a hand drawn map. It also includes notes about troop movements and actions and soldiers injuries in Egypt, Greece, Malta, Ismailia, Alexandria, London, Wandsworth, Harefield and Wimereux, France and tours around the Mediterranean. The diary also covers later travels through war torn Europe in various war hospitals in England, Scotland and Wales and then though the battle zones of France, Boulogne Wimereux.

MLMSS 9951/Folder 1
Item 02
Transcript of Clementina Marshall's diary, 18 October 1914-30 August 1917, transcribed and compiled by Donald Marshall, 2015. Includes diary page index.

Item 03
Family records, ca. 1879-1888, including birth certificates of Clementina Hay Marshall, dated Scotland, 13 May 1879, James F. Marshall, dated 6 November 1886 and Alexander Marshall, dated 26 August 1881, letter from John Williamson to sister Maggie, Banchory, 27 June 1888 and manuscript poem addressed to ‘mamma and papa’, no date.

Copyright status:: In copyright
Approval for reproduction required: From copyright owner
Copyright holder:: Donald Marshall
Rights and Restrictions Information:: No publication without prior written approval of copyright holder
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Binding in fragile condition, marbled endpapers, mould and water staining throughout.