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World War One correspondence from Alexander (Alick) Charles Anderson to Ruby Jennings [D 8691/1(L)] • Ephemera

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Summary

Sixty postcards and silk embroidered cards sent mostly from Alexander (Alick) Charles Anderson to his future wife Ruby Jennings during World War I. There are some unwritten postcards with pictures of Cairo and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and some have annotations. A small number of the postcards are written to Ruby from either Eliza or Tom.

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Physical description

5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1916-1918

Author

Anderson, Alexander Charles

Subject

Soldiers -- Australia -- Correspondence
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian

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Historical information

Alexander (Alick) Charles Anderson was born in Mount Gambier in 1888 and died in 1969. He worked for Mr. Ryder in the South East as a grazier. He served in World War I in the Light Horse in Palestine and then France. After the war he married Ruby Jennings on 3 January 1920 and worked in Adelaide for Richards Motor Body Builders at Keswick until retirement.

Digitisation information

Date

05/08/2013

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,478 x 2,951 pixels (13.2 MP)

Size

39.67 MB

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