Manuscript diary notebook (17 February-24 December 1918); Photocopied typescript recollections, in diary form, with photocopied photographs (nd); ca. 100 manuscript letters to his mother from Gallipoli and Egypt/Palestine (1915-1918); Typescript and press cutting of short play "Into the Shadows" (1916).
Maurice Evans papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection EP 020
- Dates of Creation
- 1915-1918
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 box; manuscript, typescript (partly photocopy), photographs, and a press cutting.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Maurice Cann Evans, born in 1896, was a Private, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF (Australian Imperial Force). He attended Aldenham School, OTC (Officer Training Corps), enlisted in August 1914, and served at Gallipoli, 1915, and in Egypt/Palestine, 1916-1918.
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Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
Egypt/Palestine catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed.