Roy Richards war diary and letters, 4 March 1915 - 17 November 1916
Roy Richards war diary and letters, 4 March 1915 - 17 November 1916
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Author / Creator
Date
4 March 1915 - 17 November 1916
Call Numbers
MLMSS 1186
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - carbon typescript
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Finding aids
Read the transcript here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D11990/a3257.htm
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Includes letters to members of his family, 4 Mar. 1915 - 16 Nov. 1916, letters of condolence following his death, 22 Nov. 1916 - 18 Feb. 1917 and notes from his diary, 15 Aug. 1915 - 17 Nov. 1916, evidently compiled by a member of his family
Alternative Titles
Full title
Roy Richards war diary and letters, 4 March 1915 - 17 November 1916
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I papers
Microfilm copy available at: CY 2972, frames 76 - 210
Digital order no:Album ID : 1014667
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by W. E. Richards, 1919
Administrative / Biographical history
Roy Richards, a clerk of Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales enlisted aged 21 and embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Ceramic, 25 June 1915. He served with the 19th Battalion, 5th Australian Machine Gun Company, A.I.F. in Egypt, the Dardanelles, France and Belgium. He was wounded, 6 Nov. 1916 and died 26 Nov. 1916
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 1186
Record Identifier
16AJB2qn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJB2qn
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Reference code
422313
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