Series Details

Series Number:

NS2769

Title:

DIARY FROM WORLD WAR 1 AND LETTERS FROM THE BOER WAR AND WORLD WAR 1 AND WORLD WAR 2

Start Date:

14 Oct 1900

End Date:

19 Aug 1945

Contents Start Date:

Contents End Date:

Date Range of Holdings:

Access:

Open

Creating Agency:

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NG2413 MCWATT FAMILY

Description (Content/Function):

Includes letters to his niece from Trooper Ernest Amos Bellette of the 3rd Unit 1st Tasmanian Imperial Contingent, South Africa. Secondly, includes a diary and postcard and letter to his son from Private Malcolm James McWatt of the 8th Battalion, AIF during World War 1. Thirdly, includes an order of Service of Thanksgiving for Victory in the Pacific and letter from Captain Colin Bidgood of the Australian Army during World War 2.

How to Use Series:

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System of Arrangement:

Information Sources:

Australian War Memorial Boer War Nominal Roll & First World War Roll of Honour , National Archives of Australia

Items in Series:

•	NS2769/1/1 Letter from Trooper Ernest Amost Bellette in Pretoria	14 Oct 1900	14 Oct 1900
•	NS2769/1/2 Letter from Trooper Ernest Amos Bellette at Balmoral	01 Feb 1901	01 Feb 1901
•	NS2769/1/3 Diary of Private Malcolm James McWatt	01 Oct 1914	08 Mar 1915
•	NS2769/1/4 Postcard of an Egyptian scene from Private Malcolm James McWatt	01 Jan 1915	01 Jan 1915
•	NS2769/1/5 Letter from Private Malcolm James McWatt at Cairo	25 Mar 1915	25 Mar 1915
•	NS2769/1/6 Letter from Captain Colin Bidgood in the Dutch East Indies	06 Aug 1945	06 Aug 1945
•	NS2769/1/7 Order of service 'To Commemorate The Allied Victory In The Pacific'	19 Aug 1945	19 Aug 1945
•	NS2769/1/8 Depositor's partial transcription of the World War 1 diary of Private McWatt	01 Feb 2008	28 Feb 2008