Private Ivan Victor Young, notebook with photograph [ca.1916-ca. 1919]
Private Ivan Victor Young, notebook with photograph [ca.1916-ca. 1919]
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[ca.1916-ca. 1919]
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MLMSS 10291
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0.17 metres of textual material and 1 photograph (1 box)
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Small notebook containing manuscript verse and notes written by Private Ivan Victor Young during his war service with the 1st Pioneer Battalion AIF, 1916-1919. An original poem entitled ‘A Reinforcement’s Plea’ addresses the women of Australia who shamed those men who didn’t enlist for service immediately, then complained about the men’s lack of fa...
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Private Ivan Victor Young, notebook with photograph [ca.1916-ca. 1919]
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Purchased from Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers in 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
Ivan Victor Young enlisted aged 23, as a reinforcement in the AIF, in Sydney on November 11, 1916. He was a Private (no. 2486) in the 1st Pioneer Battalion. He enlisted together with his older brother, Walter Gilmour, Private (no. 2487). Ivan spent 1917 training in Sutton Veny in England and saw action in France at the start of 1918. He returned to...
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MLMSS 10291
Record Identifier
YRlBaOdn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlBaOdn
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1001618
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