Balme letter and diary, 29 April 1918 / Gerald Archibald Balme
Balme letter and diary, 29 April 1918 / Gerald Archibald Balme
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29 April 1918
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MLDOC 1286
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0.05 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Copyright status : In copyright
Copyright holder : State Library of New South Wales<br>
Rights and Restrictions Information : May be copied for reference and publication<br>
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Digitised : 2014
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Read the transcript here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D12323/a4057.htm
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Letter to his wife from England, 29 Apr. 1918 enclosing MS. transcript of his shorthand diary kept as the sergeant of a working party on Messines Ridge, Belgium, 15 Nov. - 18 Dec. 1917
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Balme letter and diary, 29 April 1918 / Gerald Archibald Balme
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State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I papers
Available on microfilm : CY 4887, frames 52 - 66
Digital order no:Album ID : 1025715
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from G. Balme, 1919
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
Gerald Archibald Balme, insurance inspector of Geelong, Victoria embarked on HMAT A16 Port Melbourne 21 Oct. 1916 and fought with the 29th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement in France and Belgium. He was gassed 18 Mar. 1918 and admitted to the County of Middlesex War Hospital, St. Albans. He attended Senior Officers School, Aldershot July-Aug. 1918 and...
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MLDOC 1286
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1JkmZkoY
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423301
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