Avery, Louis Willyama, 1912-1953, Mixed material, PRG 500/6/61
Papers of Louis Willyama Avery comprising a copy of his war diary, 16 October 1914 to 8 April 1918. The original diary was written on numbered pages 7-137 and may be incomplete. Also nine pages of correspondence, comprising copy of a letter to him from his father L..H.M. Avery of 13 July 1912 for his 21st birthday; copy of a typescript letter from Lieut.-Col. A.J. Bennett, D.S.O., Officer Commanding, 3rd Battalion A.I.F. to his father from Anzac dated 16 August 1915; copy of letter from Acting Headmaster, St Peter's College to his father, 27 March 1918; copy of his statement of Army service dated 14 February 1919; and summary of his life and career from his birth to July 1953 when he was due to retire from position as Workshops Engineer, Risdon, Tasmania; and a photograph of North Beach, Anzac. (Copy only).