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Description: | Ts transcription (25pp) of a diary kept during his service as a Gunner with the 218th Brigade RFA during his voyage out to India, September - November 1917, and then based near Delhi, November 1917 - July 1918, describing embarkation on the SS HORORATA and conditions on board ship, a stop at Freetown for refuelling before proceeding to Durban, his voyage on the CORONIA to Bombay, his observations on life in India and duties there, Christmas celebrations, food and living conditions, and sporting events. The transcription includes his final letter written home in August 1918 before his death in action on the Western Front on 3 September, plus two photographs showing him in uniform.
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Catalogue date 2005-04-12 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Rusbridge, R R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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