Bryan war diary, 17 August 1914-4 July 1918 / Edward Patrick Bryan

Records of the European War Collecting Project, established by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library in 1918

Diary describes the voyage from Melbourne, arrival in Alexandria 5 Dec. 1914 and activities at Mena Camp. Bryan gives a graphic description of the landing at Gallipoli 25 Apr. 1915 where he was wounded in the foot and sent to hospital in Alexandria. He returned to Anzac 1 June 1915, was evacuated from there 13 Dec. 1915, arrived in Alexandria 5 Jan. 1916, entrained to Tel-el-Kebir then the Serapium desert and embarked on SS Ballarat from Alexandria to Marseilles, arriving 2 Apr. 1916.
His account includes war activities at the Front in France and Belgium where he spent his 18th birthday 12 Sept. 1916. He describes trouble with authorities, overstayed leave, hospitalisation with shingles, and departure from England on the Euripides 31 Jan. 1918, arriving in Melbourne 21 Mar. 1918

Bryan war diary, 17 August 1914-4 July 1918 / Edward Patrick Bryan

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