| Places | |
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| Accession Number | 1DRL/0244 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Dill, Herbert Leslie |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1928; 1915-1919 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/818 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Dill, Herbert Leslie (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1923)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Herbert Leslie Dill MC, 3 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, 1915-1919. Collection includes photostat copies of extracts from letters and a narrative of service.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Served with the 3rd Battalion, AIF. Died 29 June 1923, Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick, NSW, from the effects of wounds received in action in France , Grazier of Condoblin District, NSW, educated at Newington College, Sydney, joined AIF on 9 June 1915; served Egypt, Gallipoli and France. Was severely wounded, and after long periods in hospital in England, eventually returned to Australia, age at time of death, 27. Obituary Sydney Morning Herald 3 July 1923. MC was awarded for action on 15 April 1917 in which Dill was wounded.