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Brewer family correspondence and photographs, including letters written by Edmund Gregan Brewer and...

Brewer family correspondence and photographs, including letters written by Edmund Gregan Brewer and...

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Brewer family correspondence and photographs, including letters written by Edmund Gregan Brewer and Francis Joseph Campbell Brewer, 1916-1918

About this item

Full title

Brewer family correspondence and photographs, including letters written by Edmund Gregan Brewer and Francis Joseph Campbell Brewer, 1916-1918

Author / Creator

Date

1916-1918

Call Numbers

MLMSS 9757

Record Identifier

92eb2E3Y

Reference Code

1000024
Physical Description

Contents

0.05 metres of textual material (1 box), including 3 photographs, 4 pieces of ephemera - manuscripts; black & white

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Arrangement

Arranged by cataloguer in chronological order.

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Copyright status : In copyright

Research & study copies allowed

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Physical Access Conditions

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More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Letter, dated June 4, 1916. On board the HMS Borda. Addressed to Dear Mother, from your ever loving son, Eddie.

Letter, dated July 16, 1916. At sea. “B” Coy 42nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Australian Division, on active service. Addressed to Dear Father, from you affectionate son, Eddie.

Letter, dated July 24, 1916. England...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Brewer family correspondence and photographs, including letters written by Edmund Gregan Brewer and Francis Joseph Campbell Brewer, 1916-1918

Notes

Signature / Inscriptions

Some photographs and postcards have inscriptions on verso.

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Mel Brewer, July 2015

Administrative / Biographical history

Francis Joseph Campbell Brewer, a journalist of Kangaroo Point, Queensland was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He was a founding member of the Australian Journalists Association in NSW, 1910 and worked for the Daily Mail, Telegraph and Courier Mail. He enlisted at the age of 33, 8 Jan. 1917, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Sue...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 9757

Record Identifier

92eb2E3Y

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eb2E3Y

Other Identifiers

Reference code

1000024

How to access this item

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