Iles war diary, 1914-1919 / G. H. Iles
Iles war diary, 1914-1919 / G. H. Iles
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1914-1919
Call Numbers
MLMSS 1988
Record Identifier
Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Sub-fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright
Copyright holder : State Library of New South Wales
Rights and Restrictions Information : May be copied for reference and publication
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Finding aids
Read the transcript here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2014/D21185/a5772.html
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Describes the movements of the Melbourne, i.a. the capture of Samoa, Nauru and German New Guinea, Aug.-Sep. 1914, convoying Australian troopships to Port Said, Sep.-Nov. 1914, the sinking of the Emden by the Sydney, Nov. 1914, patrolling off North America and West Indies, Nov. 1914 - Aug. 1916, patrolling and convoying in the North Atlantic, Aug. 1...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Iles war diary, 1914-1919 / G. H. Iles
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Digital order no:Album ID : 1037163
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Chief Petty Officer Iles, 1919
Administrative / Biographical history
George Henry Iles was born in England in 1883. He joined the Royal Navy in 1912 as a ship’s cook. He was on loan from the Royal Navy to the Royal Australian Navy, from 1912 to 1921, served as Ship’s Cook on HMAS Melbourne throughout the war and was was promoted to Chief Petty Officer Cook in the Royal Navy in 1920
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 1988
Record Identifier
94Rxrmw1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94Rxrmw1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
423393
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