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Wartime letters to Oswald family [PRG 1626/2/40/1] • Manuscript

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Summary

Letters written by George Oswald during active service in Egypt, Gallipoli, France and London, adressed to his mother Alice, sisters Myrtle (b.1889), Hazel (b.1891) and Ivy (b.1894), and brothers Bertie (Herbert, 1904-1940), Norman (b.1907) and Geof (Allan Geoffrey, b.1909). Includes a letter from Les Heylen, (Lance Corporal Leslie Roy Heylen, 10th Reinforcements,10th Battalion, no. 3189), a friend of George, addressed to Alice Oswald and family, October 1915. See transcripts for more details.

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Manuscript
handwritten
4.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1915-1918

Creator

Oswald, Edward George

Subject

Oswald, Edward George, 1897-1938
Oswald (Family)
Australia. Army. Battalion, 27th
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Correspondence

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Date

03/03/2014

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