Ralston family papers, 1891-1935
Ralston family papers, 1891-1935
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1891-1935
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View transcript online - http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a928260.html
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Correspondence, 1891-1935, including i.a. letters to A. G. Ralston, 1891-1919, letters from A. W. Ralston and E. G. Ralston while on active service, and letters to A. W. Ralston from his wife, 1926-1927. 'To Mt. Kosciusko the hard way. A Bicycle trip circa 1906', by A. W. Ralston. Miscellaneous papers, 1914-1935. Photographs
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Ralston family papers, 1891-1935
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Also see MLMSS 1713 Add-on 463 for further papers, 1914-1918
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I letters
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Presented by A. W. Ralston, 1969
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Lieutenant-Colonel Windeyer Alexander Ralston, 1885-1971, soldier and barrister, was the son of A. G. Ralston. He enlisted 7 May 1915, aged 30 and embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic, 25 June 1915. He served in World War 1914-1919 in New Guinea, Gallipoli, Egypt and France and was awarded the D.S.O., 1917 and C.M.G., in 191...
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nM7lQBKY
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422675
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