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Anne McCosker Papers. File English
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Letters: Jan 1915 - Nov 1915.

Handwritten letters to family from Frederick (Fred) William Scott Martin during his war service in World War One. The letters in this file begin while Martin was in training in Australia and cover his service at Gallipoli and his transfer to the United Kingdom after falling ill.

Letters: Jan 1916 - Sep 1916.

Handwritten letters to family from Frederick (Fred) William Scott Martin during his war service in World War One. The correspondence in this file begins while Martin was convalescing in Weymouth and ends with postcards sent from France.

Letters: Jan 1917 - Dec 1917.

Handwritten letters to family from Frederick (Fred) William Scott Martin during his war service in World War One. The correspondence in this file begins while Martin was in the trenches at the Western Front. His final letter is dated 31 August 1917. Martin was killed in action in Belgium on 20 September 1917. The final documents in this folder are an article about Martin published in The Humpybong Halcyon newspaper on 20 October 1917, a letter from the Queensland Department of Public Instruction to Martin's father, dated 6 December 1917, and a copy of a Commonwealth record detailing the actions that led to Martin being awarded the Military Medal.

Realia.

Metal printing plate used to print the cover of a 1919 issue of The Australian at Weymouth, with accompanying provenance statement; a single bound volume of 1918 and 1919 issues of The Australian at Weymouth; three ink stamps from German New Guinea. Sample imprints of two of these stamps are located in Series C, Subseries 1, File 2.

New Guinea photographs, 1920 to 1933.

Photographic prints of people, plantation life and scenery in the Australian Territory of New Guinea. Locations include Ningau, Witu and Rabaul. Many of the photographs show local people and European-Australians.

Research papers 1.

Two letters and typed manuscripts of 10 short articles about life in New Britain.

New Guinea photographs, 1925 to 1934.

Photographic prints of people, plantation life and scenery in the Australian Territory of New Guinea. Locations include Witu, Raulaurat Plantation, Kavieng (New Ireland), Ningau (Witu), Londip Plantation, and Samarai. Many of the photographs feature local people and European-Australians.

Research papers 2.

Letters, newspaper cuttings and an extract from The Rabaul Times. Most of the file comprises letters written in New Guinea by Marjorie McCosker to her friend in Australia, Madge White, addressed in the letters as Whitey.

Research papers 5.

Letters from Stan to Marjorie McCosker in 1941 after she was evacuated from New Guinea to Australia, a letter from Stan McCosker to Walford King, and a letter from Marjorie to Francie King. The file also contains instructions dated 30 May 1940 from the Commanding Officer of the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles listing the personnel to escort enemy internees from Rabaul to Sydney. Stan McCosker is named as one of the seven members of the escort.

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