Colless, C.B. (Lieutenant)

Places	Africa: Egypt, Cairo Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number	PR01227
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	2cm (1 folder)
Object type	Poem, Leaflet
Maker	Colless, C B
Place made	Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made	1915
Access	Open
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918

Description

Original handwritten poem by Lieutenant C.B. Colless, titled "Cairo Mafish", with note: "written on the "Abassieh" between Port Said and Tripoli"[undated]; handwritten English-language copy of "Proclamation to the Anglo-French Expeditionary Force" with note: "dropped by German aeroplane in the Australian lines 26/6/15" - relates to the Allied campaign at Gallipoli.