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Schaeffer war diaries, 14 July 1915-18 February 1919 / Louis Eugene Michael Schaeffer

Schaeffer war diaries, 14 July 1915-18 February 1919 / Louis Eugene Michael Schaeffer

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Schaeffer war diaries, 14 July 1915-18 February 1919 / Louis Eugene Michael Schaeffer

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Full title

Schaeffer war diaries, 14 July 1915-18 February 1919 / Louis Eugene Michael Schaeffer

Author / Creator

Date

14 July 1915-18 February 1919

Record Identifier

nmQd78xn

Reference Code

873552
Physical Description

Contents

0.05 metres of textual material (1 box)

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Sub-fonds

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : CY 4901B, frames 1-139

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

ITEM 01
Louis E. Schaeffer war diary, 14 July-2 December 1915

ITEM 02
Louis E. Schaeffer war diary, 17 December 1915-18 February 1916

Alternative Titles

Full title

Schaeffer war diaries, 14 July 1915-18 February 1919 / Louis Eugene Michael Schaeffer

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased from L. E. Schaeffer, 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

Private Louis Eugene Michael Schaeffer, clerk of Darlington, New South Wales enlisted aged 20 years, 15 June 1915 and embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A67 Orsova, 14 July 1915. He served as an orderly with the Australian Army Medical Corps in the surgical ward of the S. S. Karoola, No. 1 Australian hospital ship and was transferred to the 17th Fi...

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Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

nmQd78xn

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Reference code

873552

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