422297
- TitleMacArty war diary, 20 October 1914-24 July 1916 / Humphrey Warren Barker MacArty
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 1139
- Level of descriptionsub-fonds
- Date
20 October 1914-24 July 1916 - Type of material
- Reference code422297
- Issue CopyDigitised : 2014
- Physical Description0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
H. W. B. MacArty, an electrician of Mount Barker, South Australia, enlisted at Morphettville, Aug. 1914 aged 27 years and embarked from Adelaide on board Transport A11 Ascanius, 20 Oct. 1914. He served with the 10th and 50th Battalions in Egypt and at Gallipoli. He returned to Australia on HT Port Sydney, June 1916. - Scope and ContentDiary begins with his embarking from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius 20 Oct. 1914. It includes descriptions of the collision with the Shropshire 21 Nov. 1914, arriving in Alexandria 7 Dec. 1914, camp life and route marches, arriving in Lemnos 4 Mar. 1915, practising landings off the warship Prince of Wales, 16 Apr. 1915, landing at Gallipoli 25 Apr. 1915, and fighting in the trenches there, evacuation of the troops 17 Dec. 1915 and his departure for Egypt, 26 Dec. 1915.
Describes camp life in Egypt, Zeitoun Instruction School 4-26 Mar. 1916, hospitalisation 13 Apr.-23 June 1916, and embarking from Suez for Australia, arriving in Adelaide 24 July 1916 and hospitalisation there - Copying ConditionsCopyright status:: In copyright
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Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Finding AidsRead the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D16235/a3804.htm
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