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Papers of Nabowla WWI Soldiers
MSS 367

Collection Title

Papers of Nabowla WWI Soldiers

Collection Identifier

MSS 367

Inclusive date(s)

1916 to 1936
1993

Extent and Medium

1 box

Category

Military

Subject: Organisation(s)

Subject: Service Unit(s)

Collection Description

Letters of First World War soldiers and notes about collection origin

Administrative / Biographical history

Frederick Shepherd was born on 20 July 1894 in Nabowla, Tasmania. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 5 April 2016 and was assigned to the 40th Battalion.

George Peddle was born on 4 April 1892 in Launceston, Tasmania. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 4 October 2016 and was assigned to the 40th Battalion.

Arthur Partridge was born in Dorset, Tasmania. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 10 August 1916 at 18 years of age.

References:
Find A Grave : Frederick Charles Shepherd https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175779485/frederick-charles-shepherd retrieved 21 April 2020

National Archives of Australia : Discovering Anzacs https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/398806 retrieved 21 April 2020

UNSW AIF Project : George Peddle https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=237468 retrieved 21 April 2020

Acquisition Details

This collection was donated in 1993 by James McQueen, who found the material in a shed in Nabowla, northern Tasmania earlier the same year

Scope and Content

This collection contains letters of three First World War soldiers (Fred Shepherd, George Peddle and Arthur Partridge) from Tasmania who enlisted in 1916. It also includes notes about the collection origin, having been found in a shed in Nabowla, Tasmania by writer James McQueen in 1993

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Open Access

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Related Material

This collection was originally included in the Papers of James McQueen (MSS 024).

Disclaimer

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

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