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EVANS, MAURICE CANN

Archive File: LIDDLE/WW1/EP/020 Contains records with digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: EVANS, MAURICE CANN

Level: File

Classmark: LIDDLE/WW1/EP/020

Date(s): 1915-1918

Size and medium: 1 box

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/30326

Collection group(s): Liddle Collection

Description

Manuscript diary notebook (17 Feb-24 Dec 1918); Photocopied typescript recollections, in diary form, with photocopied photographs (nd); c 100 manuscript letters to his mother from Gallipoli and Egypt/Palestine (1915-1918); Typescript and press cutting of short play 'Into the Shadows' (1916); Photocopies of 2 typescripts, one based on diaries (1913-1919), the other on letters sent home (Dec 1914-Nov 1918) documenting experiences in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine.

Biography or history

Evans, Maurice Cann (b 1896). Private, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF (Australian Imperial Force). Attended Aldenham School, OTC (Officer Training Corps). Enlisted in Aug 1914 and served at Gallipoli, 1915, and in Egypt/Palestine, 1916-1918.

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