Letter and diary of J.W. Mundy |
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| Title : | Letter and diary of J.W. Mundy |
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| Creator : | Mundy, James Wallace, 1894-1982 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1916-1918 | ||
| Format : | Diary | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Copyright : | This item is reproduced courtesy of K J Mundy. It may be printed or saved for research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from K J Mundy and the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form. |
| Description : |
Records comprising the war service diary of James Wallace Mundy (service no. 2356) 1 June 1916 - 1 January 1918? (also includes several poems by Sapper B.G. Winch, names and addresses, and reminiscences) and a letter written by Mundy to his parents. The letter, dated 1 January 1916, was written in Egypt and describes the withdrawal from Gallipoli. The diary records Mundy's experiences on the Western Front. Read a PDF of the diary (3.1MB) or a transcript of the letter and diary. View Mundy's AIF service record [National Archives of Australia]. |
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| Period : | 1914-1918 |
| Further reading : | Bean, C. E. W. Gallipoli mission, Sydney : ABC Enterprises in association with the Australian War Memorial for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1990 Burness, Peter. Fromelles and The Somme : Australians on the Western Front - 1916, Canberra : A.C.T. : Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 2006 Hart, Peter. Gallipoli, Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 Laffin, John. Damn the Dardanelles! : the story of Gallipoli, Sydney : Doubleday, 1980 Robertson, John. Anzac and Empire : the tragedy & glory of Gallipoli, [Richmond, Vic.] : Hamlyn Australia, 1990 Steel, Nigel and Peter Hart. Defeat at Gallipoli, London : Macmillan, 1994 Travers, Richard C. Diggers in France : Australian soldiers on the Western Front, Sydney, N.S.W. : ABC Books, 2008 |
| Internet links : | AIF Database: Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918 [Australian Defence Force Academy] Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: World War 1 Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs] Australian War Memorial See: Encyclopedia: Gallipoli Australian War Memorial See: Australians at War: Australian Military History Overview: First World War 1914-1918 Australian Army History Unit [Department of Defence]: See: History in focus [several sections about World War One] Gallipoli: The drama of the Dardanelles [Imperial War Museum, UK] Official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918 [Australian War Memorial] Visit Gallipoli [Department of Veterans Affairs] |
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