Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection relating to the First World War service of Private George Eric Mackay and Major Murdoch Nish Mackay

1. Mackay, George Eric (Private, b.1897 - d.1923); 2. Mackay, Murdoch Nish (Major, b.1891 - d.1916)

Accession Number	AWM2022.6.194
Collection number	1DRL/0444
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Wallet
Item count	1
Object type	Letter
Physical description	316 Image/s captured
Maker	Mackay, George Eric Mackay, Murdoch Nish
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made	1927
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918

Description

Collection relating to the service of 192 Private George Eric Mackay, 1 Australian General Hospital & 22 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, 1915-1916; and to the service of Major Murdoch Nish Mackay, 22 Battalion, AIF, at Sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, 1915-1916.

Wallet 1 of 1 consists of a bound volume of negative photostat copies (white writing on black background) of 117 letters from Private Mackay and Major Mackay, to their family in Victoria. The photostat copies were made and bound by Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown.