| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 3DRL/0518 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 18 items |
| Object type | Diary, Document, Letter |
| Maker |
Downes, Rupert Major |
| Date made | 1914-1940 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/028/015 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Downes, Rupert Major (Major General, CMG, VD AAMC)
Description
Collection comprises thirteen detailed diaries kept by Major General Downes covering his service with the Australian Army Medical Corps at Gallipoli, France and Palestine and manuscript copies of letters written by Major General Downes from Gallipoli. Also included are a small collection of notes made by Major General Downes in preparation for the writing of the Official Medical History (1939-1945), a task that he was unable to complete due to his death in an aircraft crash on 5 March 1945.
- Diary No.1 of Rupert Major Downes, 2 February - 10 March 1915
- Diary No.2 of Rupert Major Downes, 15 May - 25 September 1915
- Diary No.3 of Rupert Major Downes, 26 September - 3 December 1915
- Diary No.4 of Rupert Major Downes, 24 April - 25 July 1916
- Diary No.5 of Rupert Major Downes, 25 July - 26 October 1916
- Diary No.6 of Rupert Major Downes, 13 June - 24 August 1917
- Diary No.7 of Rupert Major Downes, 25 August - 12 November 1917
- Diary No.8 of Rupert Major Downes, 12 November - 29 December 1917
- Diary No.9 of Rupert Major Downes, 30 December 1917 - 5 March 1918
- Diary No.10 of Rupert Major Downes, 6 March - 29 July 1918
- Diary No.11 of Rupert Major Downes, 30 July - 17 November 1918
- Diary No.12 of Rupert Major Downes, 17 November 1918 - 26 March 1919
- Diary No.13 of Rupert Major Downes, 27 March - 2 July 1919
- Copy of Diary No.10 of Rupert Major Downes, 6 March - 29 July 1918
- Copy of Diary No.11 of Rupert Major Downes, 30 July - 17 November 1918
- Copy of Diary No.12 of Rupert Major Downes, 17 November 1918 - 26 March 1919
- Gallipoli letters of Rupert Major Downes
- War Diary of A.D.M.S., ANZAC mounted division
- Pages of a diary and notes from the Second World War service of Rupert Major Downes