Diary and memoir by John Hampden Barton

Barton, John Hampden (Lieutenant, b.1888 - d.1969)

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Places	Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Heuvelland, Wytschaete Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres, Menin Road, Westhoek, Westhoek Ridge Europe: France, Hamelet Europe: France, Picardie, Aisne, Bellicourt Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Bayonvillers Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Hamel Area, Hamel Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Corbie Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Daours
Accession Number	AWM2018.19.33
Collection number	PR00261
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	87 Image/s captured
Maker	Barton, John Hampden Barton, John Hampden
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made	1917-1918
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Binder relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant John (Jack) Hampden Barton, 54th Battalion. This binder contains a typed diary and memoir titled 'One Year With the Platoon' by J.H. Barton with handwritten forward inscribed on 15 February 1964. It is an account of a Platoon Commander and diary entries document active service during the period 12 October 1917 - 3 October 1918. The diary covers active service at Ypres, Messines area, Hill 104 at Villers-Bretonneux, Hamel, Peronne and the breaking of the Hindenburg Line. The account discusses the 54 Battalion 'strike' in September 1918. He details the action by Lieutenant Alexander George Bates on 14 March 1918 for which he was awarded his Military Cross (no recommendation on file). Note: pages 75-78 have been bound at the front of the binder.