Frederick Myers and Frederick Thornton family papers, 1896-1944

fonds

1896-1944

Medals, Badges, Objects, Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Ephemera, Photographs

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Frederick William George Myers, a farrier of Hurstville, N.S.W., was born in 1896 in Hamilton, Newcastle. He enlisted with the 9th Field Coy Engineers aged 20, 23 Oct. 1916. He embarked from Sydney on R.M.S. Osterley, 10 Feb. 1917, trained at Parkhouse Camp in England, Apr. 1917 and served in France, June 1918-Mar. 1919. He returned to Australia on H.T. Themistocles, disembarking Aug. 1919.

Frederick William Thornton, a butcher of Sydney, N.S.W., was the older brother of Amy Thornton, who later married Frederick Myers. He enlisted in the 11th Battalion aged 21, 7 July 1916 and embarked from Fremantle on Clan McGillivray, Sept. 1916. He died of meningitis at the 38th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 25 Feb. 1917

SERIES 01
Frederick Myers family papers, 1896-1927

SERIES 02 PART 01
Frederick Myers diary, 10 February 1917-9 August 1919

SERIES 02 PART 02
Frederick Myers photographs, ca. 1916-1920

SERIES 02 PART 03
Frederick Myers postcards, ca. 1916-1920

SERIES 02 PART 04
Frederick Myers miscellaneous WWI papers, 1917-1919

SERIES 02 PART 05
Frederick Myers war souvenirs, 1917-1919

SERIES 02 PART 06
Frederick Myers printed material, 1917-1919

SERIES 02 PART 07
Frederick Myers war medals, 1914-1919

SERIES 02 PART 08
Frederick Myers WWI memorabilia, 1917-1920

SERIES 03 PART 01
Frederick William Thornton WWI medals and memorial plaque, 1917-1919

SERIES 03 PART 02
Frederick William Thornton plaque, 1914-1919

SERIES 04
Catalogue to the family papers of Frederick Myers and Frederick Thornton, 1914-1944

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