Verdi George Schwinghammer diary, 6 May 1916-26 September 1919
Verdi George Schwinghammer diary, 6 May 1916-26 September 1919
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Date
6 May 1916-26 September 1919
Call Numbers
MLMSS 1683
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0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Fonds
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Copyright status : In copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D16592/a5657.htm
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Diary describes voyage from Brisbane to England on the troopship Kyarra, Nov. 1916-Jan. 1917, action in France June 1917-Apr. 1919, battles, including the battle of Broodseinde, Somme and the Hindenburg line, leave in England, Paris and Brussels and return to Australia in Aug. 1919.
Compiled from diaries kept during the war
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Full title
Verdi George Schwinghammer diary, 6 May 1916-26 September 1919
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Notes
General note
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Microfilm copy available at: CY 4896, frames 1 - 81
Digital order no:Album ID : 1033203
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs L. Holland, 1968
Administrative / Biographical history
Verdi George Schwinghammer, clerk of Byron Bay, New South Wales was 25 years old when he embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra, 17 Nov. 1916. He was attached to the 42nd Battalion A.I.F., formed with men from Northern Rivers, New South Wales, and southern Queensland. He served in France June 1917-Apr. 1919, was wounded and s...
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MLMSS 1683
Record Identifier
nV2qBAqn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2qBAqn
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Reference code
873559
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