Gissing war diaries, 1914-1919 / Henry Ernest Gissing
Gissing war diaries, 1914-1919 / Henry Ernest Gissing
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1914-1919
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(2") box
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Sub-fonds
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Diaries describing experiences in camp at Moore Park, N.S.W., Dec. 1914 - Feb. 1915, voyage from Sydney to Suez via Thursday Island and Colombo on the Seang Choon, Feb. - Mar. 1915, service during the Gallipoli campaign on hospital ships, at Anzac, and in hospital at Mudros, Apr.- Dec. 1915; in Egypt Jan.-June 1916 and in France and Belgium, July...
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Gissing war diaries, 1914-1919 / Henry Ernest Gissing
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General note
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Microfilm copy available at CY 4818
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from H.E. Gissing, 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
Henry Ernest Gissing, a chemist, of Ashfield, N.S.W., was born in Rockdale, N.S.W. He enlisted aged 26 years, 14 Dec. 1914 and served with the 1st Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, Jan. 1915-Mar. 1916, when he was transferred to the 14th Field Ambulance. He was promoted to Corporal 31 May 1916 and Sergeant 18 June 1916
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Yr8RxANn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RxANn
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422378
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