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Diary of Thomas Chappell [D 8719/86(L)] • Manuscript

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Diary kept by Private Thomas Chappell while serving in the Middle East. The diary details the trip from Australia to Port Suez, his initial training in the desert, and subsequent activities under combat conditions. [The original diary is a small indexed volume, 13.2 x 8.8 x 0.9 cm.]

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Physical description

manuscript (handwritten)
1 cm

Dates / Publication details

1917-1919

Author

Chappell, Thomas Francis Lester

Subject

Chappell, Thomas Francis Lester, 1898-1963
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Diaries
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Middle East -- Pictorial works

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Historical information

Nineteen year old Thomas Chappell, eldest child of John and Alma Chappell, enlisted in Adelaide on 10 December 1917. He left Australia from Sydney aboard H.T. 'Port Darwin' and disembarked at the Suez on 7 June 1918. He was assigned as a driver for the Australian Mounted Division Train, attached to the 35th Army Service Corps Company (ASC), but appears to have been unwell for much of the time, and returned to Australia aboard the 'Burma', arriving on 27 August 1919. He subsequently married Louisa Catt in 1925.

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01/05/2014

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