Wallet 1 of 2 - Correspondence from Norman Cartmell Heathcote to his family, June 1915 - September 1916

Heathcote, Norman Cartmell (Lieutenant, b.1887 - d.1973)

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Places	Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Abbassia Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Heliopolis Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Etaples Europe: France, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhone, Marseilles Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Albert Park Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Carlton Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Williamstown
Accession Number	AWM2020.7.120
Collection number	PR02015
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Wallet
Item count	1
Object type	Letter
Physical description	159 Image/s captured
Maker	Heathcote, Norman Cartmell
Place made	At sea, Australia, Egypt, France
Date made	1915-1916
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of 3792 Lieutenant Norman Cartmell Heathcote, 5 Machine Gun Battalion, Australia, At sea, Egypt, France, England and Scotland, 22 June 1915 - 30 March 1919.

Wallet 1 of 2 - Contains handwritten letters from Heathcote to his family and handwritten copies of letters and postcards from Heathcote to his family, some of which are incomplete. The earliest-dated letters cover the period 22 July to 22 November 1915 - the day after his enlistment through to the day before his embarkation - reference domestic and school matters, the ramifications of enlisting on his family, training at various camps in Melbourne and his impending embarkation. The next series of letters penned between 20 December 1915 to 28 March 1916 detail his journey at sea, disembarkation in Egypt and training at various camps near Cairo including references to attending a school of instruction in machine gunnery, recreational activities, periods of leave and his impressions of people and places. The remaining letters in this wallet written during the period 30 March 1916 to 27 September 1916 cover Heathcote's embarkation to France, training with the 6th Infantry Battalion, attachment to the 59th Infantry Battalion and role as an instructor of machine gunnery courses at Etaples.