Letter - from Pte Sullivan to his mother
Production date
09 Jul 1916
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Object detail
Description
One page of a letter written by Pte. G Sullivan to his mother.
Classification
DOCUMENTS Letters personal
MILITARY Army
MILITARY Army
Production date
09 Jul 1916
Measurements
L225mm x H145 mm
Media/Materials description
Indeterminate (Paper), with indelible pencil.
History and use
This letter was written by 18-year-old Lighthorseman George Sullivan to his widowed mother about a month before he was fatally wounded during World War 1’s Battle of Romani in 1916. His widowed mother spent the next decade corresponding with the War Office, sorting out her son’s affairs. The family kept this correspondence for many years, finally donating it to the Queensland Museum in 1983. Medallions, photographs and grave information from the military and government often provided all the information families ever had about the deaths of family members.
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Registration number
H41874.1
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