| Places |
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| Accession Number | PR00563 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 Item |
| Object type | Diary |
| Maker |
Spalding, Alfred Lawrence |
| Date made | 1915-1916 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 95/0496 |
| 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. |
Spalding, Alfred Lawrence (Engineer b.1886 - d.1933)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of Alfred Lawrence Spalding. Collection consists of a transcript of a diary kept while working aboard the cable laying ship `Levant 2' for the Eastern Telegraph Company during the Gallipoli campaign. Records shipboard incidents, landing by allied troops, admiration for the Australians, exposure to Turkish snipers, laying and repair of cables to beaches, evacuation.
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- Approximate locations: At sea
- Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos, Mudros
- Europe: Greece, Salonika
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Gaba Tepe
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Cape Helles Area