Letters from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, 1916-1917

Nunan, Stanislaus Acton (Lieutenant, b.1891 - d.1921)

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Places	Africa: Egypt Europe: France Europe: United Kingdom, England Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London Europe: United Kingdom, England, Kent, Dartford Europe: United Kingdom, England, Norfolk Europe: United Kingdom, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford Europe: United Kingdom, England, Shropshire, Shawbury Europe: United Kingdom, England, West Midlands, Birmingham Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Perham Downs Middle East: Arabia Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number	AWM2019.22.295
Collection number	3DRL/6511
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Item
Item count	1
Object type	Letter, Newspaper cutting
Physical description	183 Image/s captured
Maker	Nunan, Stanislaus Acton
Place made	Arabia, At sea, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Egypt, France, United Kingdom: England, United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London, United Kingdom: England, Kent, Dartford, United Kingdom: England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, United Kingdom: England, Shropshire, Shawbury, United Kingdom: England, West Midlands, Birmingham, United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Perham Downs
Date made	1916-1917
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Transcript	Download PDF document of Letters from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, 1916-1917 (file) Download PDF document of Letters from Stanislaus Acton Nunan to his family, 1916-1917 (file)

Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Stanislaus Acton Nunan, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Australia, Egypt, England, At sea, Arabia and France, 1916-1917.

Collection contains 45 letters from Lieutenant Nunan to his family, February 1916 - January 1917. Subjects include: military training; weather in England; business interests; troops movements and casualties on the Western Front; food and food preparation; conditions at military camp; leave and recreation; attending religious services including Catholic Masses; health and wellbeing; embarking for France; romance and relationships; maps; Christmas and Red Cross parcels; illness and contagious diseases; transfer to the Australian Flying Corps; and departing Alexandria for the Suez after completing pilot training. A transcript of the collection is available (pdf file).