Transcript extracts of the diary and letters of Ronald Alison McInnis, 1915-1919

McInnis, Ronald Alison (Lieutenant, b.1890 - d.1982)

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Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, Cairo Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Abbassia Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Heliopolis Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Moascar Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Tel el Kebir Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Ismailia Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Port Said Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal, Suez Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Heuvelland, Wytschaete Europe: France, Ile-de-France, Yvelines, Versailles Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, Armentieres Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Morbecque Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Calais Europe: France, Paris Europe: France, Picardie, Aisne Europe: France, Picardie, Aisne, Bellicourt Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Bapaume Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Lagnicourt Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Noreuil Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Queant Europe: France, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhone, Marseilles Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos Europe: Greece, Crete Europe: Italy, Sardinia Europe: United Kingdom, England, Bristol Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London Europe: United Kingdom, England, Merseyside, Liverpool Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh Mediterranean: Malta, Malta (island), Valletta Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Quinn's Post Area, Quinn's Post Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Russell's Top
Accession Number	RCDIG0000887
Collection number	PR00917
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	125 Image/s captured
Maker	McInnis, Ronald Alison
Place made	Australia, Egypt, France, United Kingdom, Western Front
Date made	1915-1919
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Transcript of diary and letter extracts relating to the First World War service of 399 Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 53rd Battalion. In this transcript, covering 22 May 1915 to 22 May 1919, McInnis details his experiences as an engineer whilst serving with 26 Battalion and later 53 Battalion.
He documents his initial training and service in Egypt and at Gallipoli from September 1915 to December 1915. McInnis is later sent to the front line in France where he describes the fighting around Armentieres and Fleurbaix in July 1916, and the fighting around Albert and Bapaume in October 1916. He also details the fighting around Albert (February 1917), Bullecourt (May 1917), Ypres and Passchendaele (September 1917), and the offensive against the Hindenburg Line near Bellicourt (September 1918). During this period McInnis is promoted to the rank of second lieutenant (September 1916) and then lieutenant (April 1917).
A second copy of this typescript is numbered 1DRL/0438.