| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2018.785.61 |
| Collection number | AWM2017.1366.1 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 126 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Evans, David Gerald |
| Place made | Egypt, France |
| Date made | 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Letters from David Gerald Evans to his family, 1916
Description
File of letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant David Gerald Evans, 8th Infantry Battalion. Known as Gerald at home, these letters written between January and December 1916 mention: his time in the School of Instruction at Zeitoun; his move to the 8th Battalion; his time in hospital with mumps; matters from home; the sights he passes in Armentières; the lack of letters from his brother Francis (Ken) Evans; people he has seen from home and descriptions of the landscape around him.
This file contains:
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, 6th Training Battalion, Zeitoun, 10 January 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Father, 6th Training Battalion, Zeitoun, 29 January 1916
Cablegram from David Gerald Evans to Evans Redcamp, Cairo, 7 February 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Harry, 6th Training Battalion, Zeitoun Egypt, 16 February 1916 [includes envelope]
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, 4th Australian Auxiliary Hospital, 22 February 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Evan, 4th Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassich Egypt, 24 February 1916 [includes envelope]
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, 1 April 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Minnie, 13 April 1916
Field Service postcard from David Gerald Evans, 15 April 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, 18 April 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, 29 April 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, 7 May 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, 17 May 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Father, 23 May 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Minnie, 25 May 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, 2 June 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Father, 4 June 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, France, 11 June 1916 [includes envelope]
Envelope to Mrs John Evans which contains two francs
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, France, 22 June 1916 [includes envelope]
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Evan, France, 17 July 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, France, 31 July 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Evan, France, 3 August 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, France, 11 August 1916 [includes photograph and envelope]
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Minnie, France, 27 August 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Evan, France, 28 August 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, France, 28 August 1916 [includes envelope]
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Minnie, France, 10 September 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, France, 10 October 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Evan, France, 11 October 1916
Draft copy of a cablegram from David Gerald Evans, London, 17 October 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, France, 29 October 1916 [includes envelope]
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Albert, France, 19 November 1916 [includes envelope]
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, France, 24 November 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Minnie, France, 1 December 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Evan, France, 1 December 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Mother, France, 8 December 1916
Cablegram from David Gerald Evans to Evans. Redcamp, London, 23 December 1916
Letter from David Gerald Evans to Father, France, 26 December 1916
Photograph of two women by a fence: Minnie [his sister] & Eleanor Lucy Evans [his mother] at Redcamp