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Description: | Ms diary, together with accompanying letters, notes and orders, written during his service with the Northern Rhodesian Regiment in German East Africa and South Africa during the First World War, describing his duties and army life, raiding parties and patrols, German movements in the area and their stealing of food, his movements, recreational activities including sports and concerts, various court cases, native Askaris, casualties and the burial of an officer, operations at Lake Tanganyika, views on the likely duration of the war, the prevalence of fever, trench warfare, the disinterment of dead bodies by hyenas, army discipline and punishment. The various accompanying documents include photographs, a coronation medal certificate, a Mention in Despatches certificate, a proficiency certificate relating to his service with the 3rd Caernarvon Battalion Home Guard in the United Kingdom in 1943, newspaper cuttings and official letters relating to his interwar career, a printed copy of a speech by Adolf Hitler (14 October 1933), notes on Northern Rhodesia and papers relating to the outbreak of the First World War and the news getting through to Rhodesia.
Cataloguer KB
Catalogue date 2002-04-05 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Russell, L A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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