Herbert Thomas Moffitt Mallyon Papers

Collection

Accession number
M 767
Author / Creator
Mallyon, Herbert Thomas Moffitt, 1894-1917.
Abstract
First World War diaries, photographs and postcards of Herbert Thomas Moffitt Mallyon.
Scope and content

The papers consist of two diaries kept by Mallyon on active service during the First World War. With the diaries is a letter to Mary Ellen Mallyon following the death of Mallyon. There are also photographs and postcards collected by Mallyon during his service. There are 6 items labelled M767/1-6.

System of arrangement
Arranged into 4 series
Description
1 diary, 1 transcript, 10 photographs, 2 postcards, 1 letter
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items.
Guides
Typed transcript available.
Administrative / Biographical history

Hebert Thomas Moffitt Mallyon was born on 1 May 1894 to Thomas Ernest and Mary Ellen Mallyon of Springsure. Mallyon enlisted on 26 August 1915 in Springsure. He served in the First World War with C Section, 15th Field Ambulance, 5th Australian Division, Australian Army Medical Corps. He served mainly in France, including the Somme, and Belgium. Mallyon died of wounds on 29 September 1917. He is buried in Belgium, 72 Menin Road South Military Cemetery Ypres.

Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status

Out of copyright.

Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
Notes
English
Preferred citation
M 767 Herbert Thomas Moffitt Mallyon Papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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