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| Accession Number | AWM2018.19.3 |
| Collection number | PR05441 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 21 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 92 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Hazen, Mervyn Ernest |
| Place made | At sea: Vessel, At sea (HMAT Themistocles A32), Australia: Victoria, Port Phillip Bay, France, France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens, United Kingdom: England, Leicestershire, Rollestone |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Letters from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to his family, 1916-1917
Description
Letters relating to the First World War Service of 5341 Private Mervyn Ernest Hazen, 21st Australian Infantry Battalion.
This file consists of 18 letters written by Pte Hazen to his mother and father, Ellen Jane and Robert Alfred Hazen, between 7 February 1916 and 10 March 1917. In these letters, Hazen describes the voyage on HMAT Themistocles in 1916, including activities such as the 'crossing the line' ceremony, games, sports, concerts and a fancy dress carnival. Letters from England mention training, football matches and a brief discussion of the conscription referendum. His letters from France describe the difficult, muddy conditions on the Western Front.
This collection also includes a letter from 3799 Pte Charles Clifton Chappell to Pte Hazen, a condolence letter from Head Sister Ida O'Dwyer of the Australian Army Nursing Service to Ellen Jane Hazen, a message from Colonel Hawker to the Parish Priest of Yarrawonga regarding death of Pte Hazen, and an inventory of Pte Hazen's effects sent home to his family after his death.
This file contains:
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, France, 7 February 1916;
Letter from 3799 Private Charles Clifton Chappell to Mervyn Ernest Hazen, France, 21 April 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, Port Phillip Bay, 28 July 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, At sea, 25 August 1916-9 September 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, England, 27 September 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, England, 26 October 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Robert Alfred Hazen, England, 31 October 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, [France], 13 November 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, France, 18 November 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Robert Alfred Hazen, France, 27 November 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Robert Alfred Hazen, France, 7 December 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, France, 18 December 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, [France], 27 December 1916;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, France, 19 January 1917;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, France, 25 January 1917;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, France, 16 February 1917;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, France, 19 February 1917;
Letter from Mervyn Ernest Hazen to Ellen Jane Hazen, France, 10 March 1917;
Letter from Head Sister Ida O'Dwyer to Ellen Jane Hazen, France, 22 March 1917;
Message from Colonel Hawker to Parish Priest of Church of England Yarrawonga, France, 31 March 1917; and
Letter from AIF Kit Store to Robert Alfred Hazen, England, [March 1917].
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- Africa: South Africa, Cape Colony, Cape Town
- Europe: France
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Durham, Darlington
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Leicestershire, Rollestone
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, North Yorkshire, Scarborough
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Salisbury
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Shrewton
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip Bay
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Yarrawonga