Letter book

Letter book
Date
14 Apr-23 Jul 1915
By
Malone, Ida Katherine, 1875-; Malone, Norah, 1897-; Malone, Terence Joseph, 1890-; Birdwood, William Riddell Birdwood, Baron, 1865-1951
Reference
MSX-2551
Description

Military exercise notes at start of letter book relating to practice manoeuvres in Miramar, Wellington on 23-14 Oct 1914. On 14 Apr 1915 there are notes for a lecture by Malone: "Officers Efficiency and how to obtain it". Page seven lists points for disembarkation of soldiers from transport vessels. Memoranda aboard the transport `Itonus' relating to soldier's performance. From 18 Apr 1915 there are detailed letters home to Ida Malone, and other letters to family members and Army Headquarters. On 24 Apr 1915 there is a 43 points list from a conference of Commanding Officers held aboard the `Lutzow'. Note of remodelling work to be undertaken at Courtney's Post and Quinn's Post. Letters continue through to 23 Jul 1915.

Publication - Published as 'No better death: the Great War diaries and letters of William G Malone' : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005)

Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 pages).

Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (19 cm, Army correspondence book)

Includes small pencil sketches

Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project.

Digitisation details - 105 digitised images. Pages 27, 38 and 61 are missing. Pages 1 and 43 duplicated. Also pencil sketch on the reverse of page 43. Page 46 also duplicated with extra information.

Additional description

Alternative form available: Transcripts available at MS-Papers-8538-13 and MSDL-0225

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters
Format
1 volume(s) (100 pages), Manuscripts, Holograph, carbon copy pages (19 cm, Army correspondence book), Illustration: Includes small pencil sketches
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