Collins' Handy Diary for 1918

Diary for the year 1918, with entries by Jackson, serving with First Machine Gun Squadron of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles.

Describes daily events in the Palestinian campaign, including descriptions of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Later back in Egypt with time spent at Heliopolis and in Cairo. Describes visiting the zoo and opera house, with play performed in English. Also makes references to visits of historical sites, including Gethsemane. Also includes descriptions of the First Battle of Amman. The descriptions continue to the end of the year with special reference to the end of the war and how this news of the armistice was received in camp; Jackson based at camp in Rafa at the end of the diary.

Page dated 10 October 1918 has a botanical specimen mounted with the caption note: "Orchid from hills of Judea".

Title transcribed from item.

Quantity: 1 folder(s) bound volume.

Physical Description: Diary bound in blindstamped green leather with pencil sheath spine, 12.5 x 8 cm.