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Description: | Wordprocessed illustrated ts transcription (24pp) of a diary kept during his service as an NCO with the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers (86th Brigade, 29th Division) at Gallipoli, 25 April - July 1915, describing his involvement in the Cape Helles landing on V Beach and the harsh fighting which followed to consolidate their position, the threat from Turkish snipers, hygiene, food and living conditions, religious services and his praise for the work of their Catholic Chaplain, the state of Turkish prisoners, and time spent in the firing line near Gully Beach (June).
Cataloguer APR
Catalogue date 2001-11-16 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Moriarty, D | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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