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Title
Brown war diary, February 10, 1914 - November 5, 1918 / Herbert A. Brown
Creator
Herbert A. Brown
Call number
MLMSS 5
Level of description
sub-fonds
Date

February 10, 1914 - November 5, 1918
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
422467
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Physical Description
0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

H. A. Brown served in the Royal Navy, 1901-May 1913, when he joined the Royal Australian Navy and came to Australia on the submarine A.E.2, which subsequently escorted troop transports to Egypt and was sunk in the Dardanelles 30 Apr. 1915, after which he was a prisoner in Turkish camps until Nov. 1918
Scope and Content
Describes voyage from England to Sydney, 10 Feb.-24 May 1914, experiences in camps at Afion-Kara-Hissar, May-Oct. 1915, Kingre, Oct. 1915-Jan. 1916 and Beleredik Feb. 1916-Oct. 1918. Describes i.a. life in prison camps, building roads and railways and enforced marches, deaths from fever and release Nov. 1918. Includes miscellaneous notes at both ends
Copying Conditions
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder<br>
Copyright status:: In copyright
Finding Aids
Read the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D01453/a2421.htm
General note

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Microfilm copy available at: CY 2662, frames 1 - 41
Digital order no:Album ID : 1081198
Conservation note

Requires rehousing.
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
Soldiers--Australia.
Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.
World War, 1914-1918--Prisons and prisoners.
World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations.
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