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Letter from Ross Smith during World War I to his mother, Abbassia, Cairo [PRG 18/17/27/5] • Manuscript

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Summary

Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, during his active service during World War I. Written during a three week technical course at No.3 School of Military Aeronautics, Abbassia, Cairo. Mentions leave outings, visiting wounded friends and describes an enemy attack on a friends plane.

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Physical description

1 letter (9 pages) : handwritten ; 0.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

17 May 1917

Creator

Smith, Ross Macpherson

Collection

Part of Ross and Keith Smith Collection

Subject

Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir, 1892-1922
Smith, Jessie, 1860-1947
School of Military Aeronautics. No.3. Abbassia, Cairo
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian
Airmen -- South Australia -- Correspondence

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General notes

To view records of further correspondence in this series do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 18/17.

Digitisation information

Date

26/07/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,783 x 5,126 pixels (19.4 MP)

Size

58.20 MB

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