John F.C. Dillon letters to family in Sydney about his travels in Britain and Europe, 1951-1952

MLMSS 10022/Box 1X

fonds

1951-1952

Textual Records, Clippings

1009258

0.25 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - manuscript, printed

John Dillon departed from Sydney on the ‘Otranto’ on 21 April 1951 bound for London. Over the next 18 months he travelled around the British Isles, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, hitch-hiking and staying in Youth Hostels.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

22 numbered letters, some in envelopes, written by John F.C. Dillon to his family in Sydney about his travels in Britain and Europe, 1951-1952. Also includes 1 undated page from lost letter, 1 small newspaper clipping, 1 folding postcard with illustrations.

5. 14.5.1951 –Gulf of Aden. To: Rev. C.W. Dillon
6. 18.5.1951 –Approaching Suez. To: Miss J.E. Dillon
7. 27.5.1951 –Lyme Bay, England. To: Mrs C.W. Dillon
8. 10.9.1951 –London. To: Rev. C.W. Dillon
9. 15.11.1951 –London. To: Miss J.E. Dillon
13. 8-10.7.1951 –Scotland. To: Rev. C.W. Dillon
16. 26.8.1951 –London, England
17. n.d. –London. To: Mrs. C.W. Dillon
19. 28.5.1951 –London, England. To: Mrs C.W. Dillon
27. 19.3.1952 – Isle St. Margurite, Cannes. To: Mrs C.W. Dillon
28. 4.4.1952 –Venice, Italy. To: Rev. C.W. Dillon
29. 17.4.1952 –Innsbruck, Austria. To: Rev. C.W. Dillon
30. 25.4.52 –Bern, Switzerland. To: Mrs C.W. Dillon
31. 9.5.1952 –Sneek, Holland. To: Miss J.E. Dillon
32. 21.5.1952 –Luxembourg. To: Mrs C.W. Dillon
33. 29.5.1952 –Rindsburg, Germany. To. Rev. C.W. Dillon
34. 8.6.1952 –Copenhagen, Denmark. To: Mrs C.W. Dillon
35. 23.6.1952 –Lappland, Sweden. To: Mrs C.W. Dillon
36. 17.7.1952 –Bergen, Norway. To: Rev. C.W. Dillon
38. 10.8.1952 –Dublin, Ireland. To: Mrs. C.W.Dillon
39. 30.8.1952 –Ballater, Scotland. To: Mrs C.W. Dillon
42. 19.9.1952 – off South coast of Portugal. To: Rev. C.W. Dillon

Lands End, Cornwall (folding postcard). To: Miss J. Dillon. 21.6.1951

Press clipping of King George VI’s lung operation. 23.9.1951

Letter fragment discussing King George VI lying in state (approx. date 11.2.1952) and viewing his funeral procession through London (occurred on 15.2.1952)

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