• Title
  Morleville diary, 4 August-15 November 1914 / Anthony de Morleville
• Creator
  Monsieur de Morleville
• Call number
  MLDOC 2445
  
• Level of description
  sub-fonds
• Date
  
  4 August-15 November 1914
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  864201
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2014
  
• Physical Description
  0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript, typescript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Anthony de Morleville, kitchenhand, enlisted in Sydney, 4 June 1918, after which the enlistment was cancelled due to uncertain nationality, 28 Aug. 1918 (Ref: National Archives of Australia). He stated on his enlistment form he was born in the Channel Islands, Jersey, 2 Jan. 1897. According to information he gave to the Mitchell Library when offering his diary, the author was a native of Belgium and at the outbreak of war fought in the Belgium army for seven months, was severely wounded, invalided to England and then to the United States. He paid passage to Australia, arriving Nov. 1917 and enlisted in the AIF, 16 Nov. 1917, was sent with reinforcements 11 Jan. 1918, 2nd Mar. 1918 with 3rd Brigade, was wounded at Villers Bretonneux in April 1918, sent to hospital in England and later to Australia, arriving Dec. 1918. He stated 'military authorities will repatriate to Belgium'.
• Scope and Content
  Diary, translated from the French, describing experiences in Belgium, Aug.-Nov. 1914. It is possible that this diary was fabricated for propaganda purposes
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Copyright holder:: assignee of Anthony de Morleville
  Approval for reproduction required:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D04422/a3047.htm
• General note
  
  Microfilm copy available at CY 4871, frames 106-119
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
  Digital order no:Album ID : 906410
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Belgium.
  Soldiers--Diaries.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE613687

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