De Mouncey diary, 31 May 1917-21 November 1918 / Ernest de Mouncey
De Mouncey diary, 31 May 1917-21 November 1918 / Ernest de Mouncey
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Date
31 May 1917-21 November 1918
Call Numbers
MLMSS 1839
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Contents
1 volume
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Sub-fonds
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Copyright status : In copyright
Copyright holder : assignee of Ernest de Mouncey
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Digitised : 2014
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Read the transcript here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2014/D25778/a3039.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Part I was mainly written on board H.M.A.T. Anchises, describing voyage to England via Panama Canal, July-Sep. 1917. Part II was written on board S.S. Runic on return voyage from England to Fremantle, Western Australia, Sep.-Nov. 1918.
Includes retrospective account of experiences in France and Belgium ca. Oct. 1917 - June 1918, when he was eva...
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Full title
De Mouncey diary, 31 May 1917-21 November 1918 / Ernest de Mouncey
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Notes
General note
Digitised in 2014
Available on microfilm : CY 4884, frames 137 - 212
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Digital order no:Album ID : 1064054
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by P.E.C. de Mouncey, 1920 (son of Ernest de Mouncey)
Part of the European War Collecting Project (also known as the Soldiers' Diaries Collection or War Diaries Collection), established by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library in 1918
Administrative / Biographical history
Sapper E. de Mouncey, a clerk telegraphist of Perth, Western Australia, was born in Ballarat, Victoria. He was aged 42 when he enlisted and embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises, 8 August 1917. He served with the 16th Reinforcements of the 4th Divisional Signallers in France and Belgium, 1917-1918. He returned to Austral...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 1839
Record Identifier
1JkmZDxY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmZDxY
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Reference code
422399
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