| Accession Number | MSS1688 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Manuscript |
| Measurement | Extent: 3 cm; Box/es: 1 |
| Object type | Book |
| Maker |
Hallenstein, Dalbert Isaac |
| Place made | At sea, Australia: Victoria, Queenscliff, Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1914-1918; c.1920 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Hallenstein, Dalbert Isaac (Lieutenant, b.1893 - d.1918)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Dalbert Isaac Hallenstein, 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion, Gallipoli, France, 1914-1918.
Collections consists of a bound printed and illustrated edition titled "Letters of Dalbert Hallenstein: On Active Service with the AIF". It consists letters from Dalbert to his family in Australia and England between 19 October 1914 and 29 August 1918. Topics include: training in Queenscliff; the voyage onboard HMAT Runic; training in Egypt; fighting at Gallipoli; instructional duties at Gallipoli; leave in Lemnos; his move to Alexandria to recover from illness; his opinion on the distribution of parcels from charities and families amongst the soldiers; his feelings at being attached to the 14th Australian Machine Gun Company and moving up to the front line in France; how much he enjoys being part of a machine gun battalion; the conditions in the Somme; his periods of leave in England and his responses to matters mentioned in letters from home.
The family had this book printed in Melbourne in approximately 1920. A collection of original letters by members of Hallenstein's family to Dalbert is held by the Jewish Museum, Sydney.