MacArty war diary, 20 October 1914-24 July 1916 / Humphrey Warren Barker MacArty
MacArty war diary, 20 October 1914-24 July 1916 / Humphrey Warren Barker MacArty
MacArty war diary, 20 October 1914-24 July 1916 / Humphrey Warren Barker MacArty
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Date
20 October 1914-24 July 1916
Call Numbers
MLMSS 1139
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Physical Description
Contents
0.03 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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Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Finding aids
Read the transcript here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D16235/a3804.htm
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Diary begins with his embarking from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius 20 Oct. 1914. It includes descriptions of the collision with the Shropshire 21 Nov. 1914, arriving in Alexandria 7 Dec. 1914, camp life and route marches, arriving in Lemnos 4 Mar. 1915, practising landings off the warship Prince of Wales, 16 Apr. 1915,...
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Full title
MacArty war diary, 20 October 1914-24 July 1916 / Humphrey Warren Barker MacArty
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Digital order no:Album ID : 1027195
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from H. W. B. MacArty, 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
H. W. B. MacArty, an electrician of Mount Barker, South Australia, enlisted at Morphettville, Aug. 1914 aged 27 years and embarked from Adelaide on board Transport A11 Ascanius, 20 Oct. 1914. He served with the 10th and 50th Battalions in Egypt and at Gallipoli. He returned to Australia on HT Port Sydney, June 1916.
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 1139
Record Identifier
1JkmZwXY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmZwXY
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Reference code
422297
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