Champion, Gordon Cecil Buckingham (Driver, b.1888)

Accession Number PR04347
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 2 wallets: 3cm
Object type Letter, Postcard, Photograph
Maker Champion, Gordon Cecil Buckingham
Cole, Harold James Dickinson
Lofts, Roland Walter
Place made At sea, France, South Africa, United Kingdom: Scotland
Date made 1915-1920
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of 30239 Driver Gordon Cecil Buckingham Champion, who served with the 2nd Australian Divisional Ammunition Column. Collection includes over fifty original handwritten letters and numerous cards, postcards and envelopes written by Champion to his sweetheart Dorrie (Dorothea Ellen Adams) during training and while on active service. Also includes correspondence from friends of Dorrie and Gordon, including an original letter written to Dorrie from Rollie (4861 Private Roland Walter Lofts); original letters to Dorrie from Harold Cole; and an original letter written to Dorrie from Iris (Gordon's sister). Copies of 2 studio photographs of Champion in uniform are also included in the collection.

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