MANUSCRIPT
Bollinger, George Wallace, 1890-1917 : Diary and letters
- Date
- 1914-1917
- By
- Bollinger, George Wallace, 1890-1917
- Reference
- MS-Papers-2350
- Description
Diary covers period Sep 1914-Jun 1915 and describes daily activities, with accompanying photographs. Three letters written from England and France, 1915-1917.
Folder 3 contains copy prints of photographs taken in Gallipoli, from an original album.
Source of title - Supplied title
Relationship complexity - A second diary, 11 Aug 1915 - 11 Feb 1916, is held at MS-Papers-1419. Unlike MS-Papers-2350 it is an original diary, not a photocopy. See also background material about Bollinger and partial transcript in Nicholas Boyack's papers at MS-Papers-4457 and 97-148-3/09
Bollinger left New Zealand in Oct 1914 with the Wellington Infantry Battalion and saw action at Gallipoli. He was commissioned as an officer in New Zealand in 1916 and then sailed for France where he was killed in action in June 1917
Quantity: 3 folder(s) (81 leaves, 19 photographs). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs and typed transcript (photocopies), photographs
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 3 folder(s) (81 leaves, 19 photographs), 0.03 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Holographs and typed transcript (photocopies), photographs
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UnknownPhotograph of soldiers on board ship
Date: 25 Apr 1915
From: Bollinger, George Wallace, 1890-1917 : Diary and letters
Reference: MS-Papers-2350-3-11
Description: Photograph is taken of an original photograph in an album. Caption reads `Off Gallipoli, Sunday' Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: File print photograph 165mm x 217mm
Photograph of George Wallace Bollinger
Date: 9 May 1915
From: Bollinger, George Wallace, 1890-1917 : Diary and letters
Reference: MS-Papers-2350-3-01
Description: Photograph is taken of an original photograph in an album. Caption reads `Fought for and dug'. Bollinger's name has been annotated on the print Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: File print photograph 150mm x 215mm
Correspondence
Date: 1916-1917
From: Bollinger, George Wallace, 1890-1917 : Diary and letters
Reference: MS-Papers-2350-2
Description: Folder contains three letters from Bollinger back to relations in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 pages). Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies) Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 10 digitised letters
World War One diary transcript
Date: 28 Sep 1914-22 Jun 1915
From: Bollinger, George Wallace, 1890-1917 : Diary and letters
Reference: MS-Papers-2350-1
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (71 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 71 digitised images
Photograph of soldiers watching the bombardment
Date: 25 Apr 1915
From: Bollinger, George Wallace, 1890-1917 : Diary and letters
Reference: MS-Papers-2350-3-08
Description: Photograph is taken of an original photograph in an album. Caption reads `Watching the bombardment. Sunday.' Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: File print photograph 165mm x 217mm