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Letter from Ross Smith during World War I to his mother, Palestine [PRG 18/17/50/9] • Manuscript

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Summary

Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, while on active service during World War I. Written in Palestine. Ross speaks of being awarded a second bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross and the associated mission on the 19th October in his aeroplane B1229. Also mentions it being two years since joining the Squadron at Kantara and having done 800 hours of flying time, 200 as an observer and 600 as a pilot.

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Physical description

1 letter (8 pages) : handwritten ; 0.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

24 October 1918

Creator

Smith, Ross Macpherson

Collection

Part of Ross and Keith Smith Collection

Subject

Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir, 1892-1922
Smith, Jessie, 1860-1947
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, 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

4,858 x 3,921 pixels (19.0 MP)

Size

57.17 MB

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