Grant papers, 1917-1918 / Douglas Grant
Grant papers, 1917-1918 / Douglas Grant
About this item
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Date
1917-1918
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Physical Description
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0.05 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript, printed
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Sub-fonds
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Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
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Scope and Contents
Contents
ITEM 01
Douglas Grant papers, ca. 1918
ITEM 02
Douglas Grant receipts and delivery slips, ca. 1918
ITEM 03
Douglas Grant receipts and lists of supplies, ca. 1918
ITEM 04
Douglas Grant receipts, ca. 1918
Alternative Titles
Full title
Grant papers, 1917-1918 / Douglas Grant
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Note from Mitchell correspondence: "These documents were collected by the soldier from whom we purchased them during the term of his imprisonment in a camp in Germany for Indian troops captured from the British Forces. On account of his colour he, although captured with other Australians of the 13th Battalion, was put with the Indian troops, Mahomm...
Conservation note
Needs re-housing.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from D. Grant, 1924
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
Douglas Grant, a a mechanical draughtsman of Annandale, Sydney was a full blooded aborigine born in Atherton, Queensland. He enlisted at Scone, New South Wales on 24 Jan. 1916 aged 30 years and embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire, 22 Aug. 1916. He served with the 13th Battalion, Australia Imperial Forces. During the period 1917-1918, G...
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Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
YdmdjDe9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YdmdjDe9
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Reference code
422596
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