Diaries relating to service as Medical Officer in Fiji (ca. 1920-1942), with earlier and later diaries (1902-1963), and correspondence between Evans and his fiancee, later his wife (Phyllis Wheeler), before and during military service in the First World War.
Papers of Dr. Humphrey Silvester Evans
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS.Brit.Emp.s.504
- Dates of Creation
- 1902-1963
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 16 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
After military service (1913-1920), during which he served in England, Egypt, France and Flanders, Humphrey Silvester Evans entered the Colonial Medical Service as a Medical Officer serving in Fiji, the Far East, England and Australia.
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Note
Collection level description created by Marion Lowman, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.
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