Harris war diaries, 1915-1919 / Benjamin Harris
Harris war diaries, 1915-1919 / Benjamin Harris
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1915-1919
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Physical Description
Contents
0.05 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
ITEM 01
Benjamin Harris narrative, 3 May 1915-22 November 1916
ITEM 02
Benjamin Harris narrative, 2 December 1916-23 December 1918
ITEM 03
Benjamin Harris diary, 3 May 1915-5 February 1919
Alternative Titles
Full title
Harris war diaries, 1915-1919 / Benjamin Harris
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Conservation note
Requires rehousing.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from B. Harris, 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
Corporal Benjamin Harris, seaman, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces on 7 May 1915 and embarked on HMAT A11 'Ascanius' from Melbourne, 10 Nov. 1915. He served in the 8th Field Ambulance in the Canal Zone, Egypt to June 1916 and in France and Belgium to 30 Jan. 1916, as cook and stretcher bearer. He was invalided to England in July 1918, emb...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
92eV6wbY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eV6wbY
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Reference code
864175
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