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Letters from Len Hussey [PRG 244/9/20/5] • Manuscript

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Summary

Letters written to Walter Dodd from Len Hussey while on active service in Egypt, France, Belgium and in hospital in England between 1 September 1915 and May 1918. They describe his training at Morphettville Army Camp, his service on the Western Front and his convalescence in England. Included is a poem sent with a letter written by Len Hussey to his friend Wally Dodd from France in October 1917.

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Physical description

Manuscript
handwritten
3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1915-1918

Creator

Dodd (Family

Collection

Part of South Australians at War

Subject

Dodd, Walter John, 1883-1949
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Correspondence
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian

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Historical information

No. 4197 Leonard Hussey, a driver, enlisted on 23 August 1915 aged 40. As a member of the 50th Battalion he served in France, suffering considerably from frostbite and scabies. Hussey returned to Australia in 1919.

Digitisation information

Date

29/05/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,137 x 3,302 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

21.20 MB

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