McCann, Thomas John (b.1893 - d:c.1993)

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Accession Number PR87/140
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 box: 8 cms
Object type Letter
Maker McCann, Thomas John
Place made At sea, Australia, France, United Kingdom: England
Date made 1914-1987
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 419/064/054
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Collection relating to the service of Lance Corporal Thomas John McCann, 30 Battalion, First World War. Collection consists mainly of letters from McCann to his fiancee, Edith (Edie), in Australia. The letters cover enlistment; training; sea voyage in 'Port Napier'; Hurdcott and Tidworth camps on Salisbury Plain; and active service in France at 'Bull Ring', Messines and the Somme. Later letters are from No 4 Field General Hospital and No 1 Australian Hospital at Harefield. Collection also includes McCann's explanatory appendices, a paybook, several postcards, certificates, training notes and some speeches.

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