| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2016.30.3 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0345 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 27 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 113 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Henderson, Robert James |
| Place made | At sea, France, United Kingdom |
| Date made | 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Letters from Robert James Henderson, July - December 1916
Description
Letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Robert James Henderson, 13th Battalion.
These letters were written from Henderson to his family between 3 July and 30 December 1916. The letters detail the fighting at Pozieres in August 1916, Henderson remarking on the awful nature of the fighting and the toll it took on the 13th Battalion. He writes on being thrown into the fighting for a second time that month and subsequently being wounded by a machine gun bullet which passed through his right leg. The remainder of his letters are sent from No. 4 London General Hospital as he recovers from his wounds in England.
This file contains:
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, France, 3 July 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, France, 2 August 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, France, 18 August 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, Hospital Ship ["Western Australia"], 3 September 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 4 September 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, [September 1916];
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 16 September 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 21 September 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 25 September 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 27 September 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 6 October 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 10 October 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 13 October 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 24 October 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 30 October 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 8 November 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 13 November 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 18 November 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 25 November 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his sister "Jane", No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 30 November 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 4 December 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his brother "Mick", No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 10 December 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to "Aunt Pol", No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 11 December 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 14 December 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his sister "Lorna", No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 18 December [1916];
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, No. 4 London General Hospital, London, 22 December 1916;
Letter from Robert James Henderson to his mother, [No. 4 London General Hospital, London], 30 December 1916.