Letters from Harold Eric Moody

Letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Harold Eric Moody, 7 Battery, 3 Field Artillery Brigade. These letter were written between 4 September 1915 to 15 July 1916 mention: conditions on Gallipoli; his hope get a transfer so to be with his own State; the amount of senior officers he sees compare to back in Australia: discusses the evacuation of Anzac; the death of 2290 Private Donovan Rowe Bradley; Arthur Seaforth Blackburn; that he has been made an officer of his battery; the negative attitude of English officers towards Australian troops; the conditions on board the transport ship to France; the French civilian owners of the farm where he is billeted; sightseeing in London and the interior of the German dugout in which he is living.

This file contains:

Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Gallipoli Peninsula, 4 September 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Gallipoli Peninsula, 17 September 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac 24 September 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac, Gallipoli, 10 October 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, Anzac, Gallipoli, 16 October 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac, Gallipoli, 16 October 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac, Gallipoli, 22 October 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, Anzac, Gallipoli, 22 October 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac, Gallipoli, 30 October 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, Anzac, Gallipoli, 30 October 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac, 4 November 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac, 6 November 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac, 17 November 1915;
[Handwritten] copy of a letter from Harold Eric Moody to [Mother], Anzac, 17 November 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, 20 November 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, Anzac, 20 November 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac, 27 November 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, Anzac, 11 December 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, Anzac, 11 December 1915;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, Egypt, 23 January 1916;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, Egypt, 14 February 1916;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, [at sea], 29 March 1916;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, France, 27 May 1916;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, France, 27 May 1916;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, France, 28 June 1916;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, France, In the Field, 15 July 1916;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to [his brother] Gerald, France, In the Field, 15 July 1916;
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Mother, France, In the Field, [1916];
Letter from Harold Eric Moody to Dad, France, In the Field, [1916];
Handwritten essay entitled 'A Stunt', written by Harold Eric Moody. Essay describes a typical 'engagement' on Gallipoli, from the point of view of an artilleryman.
Typewritten extract from a letter from Harold Eric Moody to [unknown] 'Somewhere', [19 December 1915];
Typewritten extract from a letter from Harold Eric Moody to [unknown], [20 December 1915];
Typewritten extract from a letter from Harold Eric Moody to [unknown], [on board HMAT Surada], 'Mediterranean', [31 December 1915];
Typewritten extract from a letter from Harold Eric Moody to [unknown], [France], [1916];
Typewritten extract from a letter from Harold Eric Moody to [unknown], [1916].