Allan Power World War I diary and other material
Allan Power World War I diary and other material
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
1916
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10491 , R 2339
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Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Objects
Physical Description
Contents
0.18 metres of textual material (1 volume) - 8.5 x 7 cm - typescript, manuscript
2 badges - 2.7 x 4 cm or smaller - metal
1 button - 1.8 cm diameter - metal
1 ribbon - 186 x 3.5 cm
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Scope and Contents
Contents
BOX 1
Allan Power's World War 1 diary accompanied by a handmade protective metal cover. Sapper Power's diary provides a military engineer’s account of significant battlefields across the Somme in 1916, including Pozières. He gives details of specific battalions, numbers killed or wounded, and German prisoners taken. Work mentioned includes trenc...
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Full title
Allan Power World War I diary and other material
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Author / Creator
Notes
Object History
By descent from Allan Power to his daughter Joy Walker
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Joy Walker, November 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
Allan Power was born in Double Bay, Sydney in 1890. A marine engineer by trade, he enlisted in Sydney in September 1915 at the age of 25. He embarked as a sapper in the 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers. In January 1916 he served in the 4th Field Company, Australian Engineers based in Cairo, Egypt. He was deployed on the Western Front in July...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10491 , R 2339
Record Identifier
YzOmQAK9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOmQAK9
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Reference code
9585256
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