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Title
Scheidel letters received during World War, 12 October 1914-10 November 1919 / Lillian Scheidel
Creator
Lillian Scheidel
Call number
MLMSS 2948
Level of description
fonds
Date

12 October 1914-10 November 1919
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
872522
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Miss Lillian Scheidel's brother, Norman Philip Scheidel, a law clerk of Waverley, New South Wales and a number of his friends in New Guinea formed a group called the Swastika Boys, who enlisted for war service with 21st Militia Citizen Forces and 1st N & N Expeditionary Horse in New Guinea 1914. Only two of the group survived. In 25 June 1915 at the age of 21 Norman Scheidel embarked from Sydney on board Transport A40 Ceramic and served with the 18th Battalion. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, 22 Aug. 1915
Scope and Content
6 letters, including those from N. Philip Scheidel, Lieutenant Leo James Corrigan (killed in action, 20 Sept. 1917), Lieutenant Wilfred Wallace Crampton (returned to Australia 31 Dec. 1918), and Sergeant F. R. Hedges (returned to Australia 2 June 1919). Includes notes and annotations by Miss Scheidel.
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which the author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Finding Aids
Read the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D18233/a6719.htm
General note

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I letters

Microfilm : CY 4887, frames 25 - 51
Digital order no:Album ID : 1014641
Creator/Author/Artist
Scheidel, Norman Philip
Name
Australia. Army. Battalion, 18th
Ceramic (Troopship)
Subject
Soldiers--Australia--Correspondence.
Soldiers--Australia.
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