Series 1: Correspondence (1917-1919)
65 letters written by Mrs H.G. Wheeler during World War I together with her card index of soldiers from central Queensland.
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Letter (11 March 1917)
Letter from Ada M. Ranger, Mareeba to Annie Wheeler. She asks for information about her step son Ernie & nephew Ray, also Tom Williams.
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Letter (30 July 1917)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to Annie Russell, Blackall, with regard to William Lonergan, 15th Infantry Battalion, prisoner of war, Germany.
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Letter (5 August 1917)
Letter from L. Ranger [Lydia mother, or Leslie Father], Yeppoon to Annie Wheeler regarding Raymond Leslie Ranger, 42nd Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (13 August 1917)
Letter from Ann Findlay, Ruby Vale, Anakie via Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She writes regarding her son Charles Martin Findlay, 49th Infantry Battalion, who was killed in action.
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Letter (20 August 1917)
Letter from Annie Foot, Springsure to Annie Wheeler regarding her brother, James Fitzroy Foot, 42nd Infantry Battalion, who was killed in action.
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Letter (9 September 1917)
Letter from Charles Robinson, postmaster, Alpha, Central Queensland to Annie Wheeler. He encloses money for friends Percy O. Land, 52nd Infantry Battalion & Fred. W. Price, 4th Australian Division Signalling Coy, and asks for news of Sydney Land.
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Letter (25 September 1917)
Letter from Frank Robertson, Lakes Creek, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. He has a parcel of clothing from the Lakes' Creek Sewing Guild, for his brother.
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Letter (26 September 1917)
Letter from Jessie Richards, Montana, USA to Annie Wheeler with regard to her son Alec.
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Letter (27 September 1917)
Letter from Miss Christina Robertson, South Townsville to Annie Wheeler, London. She asks about her brother John Robertson, 26th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (13 October 1917)
Letter from Annie Farrow, Mount Usher via Rockhampton to Miss Trotman. She writes regarding her brother Victor Farrow, 26th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (21 October 1917)
Letter from Jeannie Hill, Aramac, Queensland to Annie Wheeler. She encloses money for a parcel to be sent to Private David Daniel Roots, 15th Infantry Battalion, prisoner of war in Germany.
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Letter (26 October 1917)
Letter from Amelia Rendell, Rockhampton, to Annie Wheeler regarding her nephew Private Frank Marocco, 69th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (30 October 1917)
Letter from Ann Findlay, Ruby Vale, Anakie via Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She asks that the parcel she sent for her son Charles Martin Findlay, 49th Infantry Battalion, who was killed in action, be passed on to Private Matthew Henry Hurst, 31st Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (5 November 1917)
Letter from Edward Farmer, Port Alma, Queensland to Annie Wheeler. He thanks her for her kindness regarding his son Private Alan Farmer, 52nd Infantry Battalion, and encloses a donation.
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Letter (5 November 1917)
Letter from Edward Farmer, Port Alma, Queensland to Miss Trotman asking her to forward his letter to Annie Wheeler.
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Letter (6 November 1917)
Letter from Mary Roberts, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She writes asking for information regarding her late son, David Averel Roberts, 31st Infantry Battalion and to forward any parcels now on to Victor White, 31st Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (8 November 1917)
Letter from Mary Ann Rodgers, Bluff Colliery, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She writes to thank her for kindness to her brother Sapper John Allan, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Coy, and asks she contact her husband Jack Rodgers, Tunnellers Coy. who should now be in England.
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Letter (14 November 1917)
Letter from Annie Russell, Blackall to Annie Wheeler. She encloses a letter for Private William Lonergan, 15th Infantry Battalion, prisoner of war, Germany.
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Letter (15 November 1917)
Letter from Beatrice Renshaw, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She asks that she forward a parcel to her husband Sydney James Renshaw, 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion.
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Letter (20 November 1917)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to Miss Foote. She will ask for particulars of her brothers death and give details of Springsure men she has heard of recently.
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Letter (27 November 1917)
Letter from Ellen Matilda Friend, Elonera, Gladstone to Annie Wheeler. She encloses money and thanks her for forwarding letters and parcels to her son Herbert James Friend, 31st Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (1 December 1917)
Letter from Mary Fraser, Koongal, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She encloses money and letters for her son Laurence Muir Fraser, 31st Infantry Battalion.
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Inquiry form (12 December 1917)
Form used to enquire about Private John Robinson, 26th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (16 January 1918)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to Edward Farmer, Port Alma. She thanks him for his donation, and gives news of his son Alan Farmer, 52nd Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (18 January 1918)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to Mrs Rendell, Rockhampton. She will try and keep in contact regarding her nephew Private Frank Marocco, 69th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (18 January 1918)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to Louisa Russell, South Brisbane. She has had contact with her son Selby Braddock Russell, 47th Infantry Battalion, he has been helping in the office.
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Letter (26 January 1918)
Letter from Lieutenant John Denis Fryer 49th Battalion, France to Portia Wheeler. He has obtained information about the death of Private Collins from his batman.
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Letter (26 January 1918)
Copy of letter from Lieutenant John Denis Fryer 49th Battalion, France to Portia Wheeler. He has obtained information about the death of Private Collins from his batman.
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Letter (28 January 1918)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to Annie Farrow, Mount Usher, Rockhampton. She has news of her brother Victor, 26th Infantry Battalion and has received her letter and money.
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Letter (7 February 1918)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to Ellen Matilda Friend, Elonera, Gladstone. She has received a long letter from her son Herbert James Friend, 31st Battalion, he seems well and happy.
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Letter (8 February 1918)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to Mary Roberts, Rockhampton. She has information about her late son David Averal Roberts, 31st Infantry Battalion who was killed in action.
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Letter (22 February 1918)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to the President of the Patriotic Fund, Raglan, Queensland, thanking him for their donation.
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Letter (10 March 1918)
Letter from Annie Finch, Bundaberg to Annie Wheeler, London. She asks for information regarding her brother Private George Henry Finch, 26th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (15 March 1918)
Letter from Annie Wheeler, London to Iris Rudd, The Range, Rockhampton. She has sent a parcel to Jack Hendersen and gives news of other Queensland soldiers she has knowledge of.
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Letter (29 March 1918)
Letter from Sophie Alexander, Rockhampton, to Annie Wheeler, London. She thanks her for her kindness to her brother Selby Russell, 47th Infantry Battalion and hopes she feels well again soon.
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Letter (2 April 1918)
Letter from Isabella Frazer, Westwood to Annie Wheeler. She thanks her for her kindness to her twin sons Archibald Alexander & Alfred Robert Frazer, 4th Pioneers Battalion & her son-in-law Bert Boyle. She has cabled money for them.
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Letter (22 April 1918)
Letter from Mary Ann Rodgers, Bluff Colliery, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She writes to thank her for kindness to her brother Sapper John Allan, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Coy, and her husband Jack Rodgers, Tunnellers Coy. She worries that her letters are not getting to them.
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Letter (19 May 1918)
Letter from Private Wallace Moreton Rennie, Hurdcott to Annie Wheeler. He does not have the funds, could she write to his mother to cover the expense.
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Letter (20 May 1918)
Letter from Emma Rennie, Gladstone to Annie Wheeler. She thanks her for kindness to her son Private Wallace Moreton Rennie, 31st Infantry Battalion, she has cabled money for him.
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Letter (29 May 1918)
Letter from Mrs Kate Richards, Mt Morgan to Annie Wheeler. She has forwarded money for her son, Signaller John Richards, 15th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (30 May 1918)
Letter from Mrs Fraser Jones [Sarah Jane], West Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She asks for information regarding Private Arthur Vincent Moore, 49th Infantry Battalion, reported killed in action, she is still receiving letters from him. She also asks about Stanley Thomas Airey, 15th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (11 June 1918)
Letter from Kate Franklin, Bundaberg to Annie Wheeler. She asks for information regarding her son Private Darcy Franklin, 25th Battalion, reported killed.
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Letter (17 June 1918)
Letter from Ellen Matilda Friend, Elonera, Gladstone to Annie Wheeler. She encloses money and thanks her for forwarding letters and parcels to her son Herbert James Friend, 31st Battalion, prisoner of war.
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Letter (30 June 1918)
Letter from Marie E. Richmond to Annie Wheeler. She encloses a letter for her brother Private Arthur Clarence Richmond, prisoner of war in Germany.
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Letter ( 1 July 1918)
Letter from Ellen Matilda Friend, Elonera, Gladstone to Annie Wheeler. She has met Annie Wheeler's brother and received the note from her son.
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Letter (2 July 1918)
Letter from Jane Hanneberry, Hillview Station, Muttaburra to Annie Wheeler. She thanks her for her kindness and news of her son Joseph Rickard, 25th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (17 July 1918)
Letter from Robert Eugene Foran, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. He encloses a letter to be forwarded to his brother Corporal James Joseph Foran, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company.
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Letter (24 July 1918)
Letter from Caroline Richmond, Ferngrove, Cordalba, to Annie Wheeler. She thanks her for forwarding letters to and from her son Arthur Clarence Richmond, prisoner of war.
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Letter (10 August 1918)
Letter from Merchandise Manager, Finney Isles & Co, Brisbane to Mrs Wheeler, Sussex, England. They are sending 12 hampers, purchased by John Fife Marr for Queensland prisoners of war in Germany.
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Letter (August 1918)
Incomplete letter from Corporal Thomas George Roads, 4th B.G.S.R. C Coy, France to Mrs Wheeler. He talks of mutual acquaintances that have passed away.
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Letter (2 September 1918)
Letter from Chaplain J. Humphery, 26th Infantry Battalion, to Annie Wheeler. He replies to her request for information regarding Private George Henry Finch, 26th Infantry Battalion, killed in action.
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Letter (9 September 1918)
Letter from Robert Eugene Foran, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. He asks that parcels previously sent to Private Bert Wilkinson, who died of wounds, to be forwarded to his brother Corporal James Joseph Foran, 4th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy.
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Letter (17 September 1918)
Letter from Mary Ann Rodgers, Bluff Colliery, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She writes to thank her for kindness to her brother Sapper John Allan, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Coy, and her husband Jack Rodgers, Tunnellers Coy. She has now been getting letters from them, and encloses money for them.
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Letter (24 September 1918)
Letter from Ann Findlay, Ruby Vale, Anakie via Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She asks that she forward the parcel she sent for a soldier who is a prisoner of war, Corporal Percy Staley, 47th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (8 October 1918)
Letter from Kate Richards, Mt Morgan to Annie Wheeler. She is sending Xmas cakes for her two sons, Signaller John Richards, 15th Infantry Battalion and Private Thomas Richards, 5th Reinforcements, Queensland.
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Letter (14 October 1918)
Letter from Mary Bolderrow to Annie Wheeler. She is anxious for news about Private Victor Farrow, 26th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (14 October 1918)
Letter from Annie Russell, Broadmount to Annie Wheeler. She writes regarding her son Private Arthur Russell, 49th Infantry Battalion, who has not received her letters or money.
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Letter (17 October 1918)
Letter from Nurse Olive Russell, Brisbane to Annie Wheeler. She has received her letter and talks about mutual acquaintances.
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Letter (27 November 1918)
Letter from Kate Richards, Mt Morgan to Annie Wheeler. She expresses her excitement at the finish of the war, she is anxiously waiting for her son's return.
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Letter (2 December 1918)
Letter from Elizabeth Ranger, Mt Morgan to Annie Wheeler. She asks here to deliver a letter to her nephew Private Herbert William Rowley, 25th Infantry Battalion, now at 4th London General Hospital.
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Letter (4 December 1918)
Note from Bridget Russell, Blackall to Annie Wheeler. She forwards a letter for Private William Augustus Lonergan, 15th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (6 December 1918)
Letter from Elizabeth Rodgers, 'Nardoo' Rockhampton, to Annie Wheeler. She asks for further news of her son Private George Wilson Rodgers, killed in action.
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Letter (13 March 1919)
Letter from Ann Findlay, Ruby Vale, Anakie to Annie Wheeler. She notes that the soldier she had sent a parcel for is now in England on leave, after being a prisoner of war.
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Envelope (15 April 1919)
An envelope address to Miss Margaret G. Dalrymple, 41 Westminster Palace Gardens, Artillery Row, SW1 London
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Letter (28 August 1919)
Letter from Lilian A. Whybrow, Secretary Australian Red Cross Society, London to Annie Wheeler. She provides information regarding the death of Private Sydney James Johnston, 9th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter (1918)
Letter from Dorothy Roberts, Central Line, Gladstone to Annie Wheeler. She asks if she could visit her brother Driver William John Roberts, who is in hospital.
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Letter (1918)
Letter from Louisa Russell, South Brisbane to Annie Wheeler. She thanks her for the information she supplied about her son Selby Braddock Russell, 47th Infantry Battalion.
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Letter
Letter from Louisa Russell, South Brisbane to Annie Wheeler. She thanks her for her kindness to her son Selby Braddock Russell, 47th Infantry Battalion, who died of pneumonia as a prisoner of war.
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Letter
Letter from Private Vincent John Fleming, 25th Infantry Battalion, Sandhill Camp, to Annie Wheeler. He has not received money that was cabled for him.
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Letter
Letter from Dorothy Roberts, Central Line, Gladstone to Annie Wheeler. She asks after her brother Driver William John Roberts, who is in hospital.
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Form
Unused enquiry form used by Annie Wheeler to request information about Australian servicemen.
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Leaflet
Undated leaflet entitled 'Animals and Birds Acts 1921 to 1924. Creation of District Boards.'
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Envelope
Used envelope with Frank Hoare's address, Newcastle on Tyne.
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Letter
Letter from Sophie Alexander, Rockhampton to Annie Wheeler. She thanks her for her kindness to her brother Selby Russell, 47th Infantry Battalion and hopes she feel well again soon. Her brother has been injured, and she is sending a parcel.
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Letter
Letter from Louisa Russell, South Brisbane to Annie Wheeler. She asks after her son Selby Russell, 47th Infantry Battalion who is wounded and in Portsmouth Hospital.
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Series 2: Miscellaneous Papers
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Notebook (1916-1919)
Notebook entitled 'Funds for Prisoners of War', which details monies held in trust for Australian prisoners of war, by Annie Wheeler.
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Receipt book (1 May 1918-21 May 1918)
Receipt book detailing sums of money received from friends and relatives, for Australian soldiers, serving overseas during World War 1.
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Newspaper clipping (1922)
Newspaper clipping featuring an article entitled "War Gratuity"
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Newspaper clipping (28 December 1933)
Newspaper clipping entitled 'Digger Rodgers: bed ridden but cheerful'.
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Series 3: Index cards (1916-1919?)
Three boxes containing index cards kept by Annie Wheeler and her assistants during WWI in London. The cards detail the correspondence with soldiers from Central Queensland serving overseas and record enquiries from friends and families. The cards have handwritten notes recording the name, rank, service number, notes of correspondence and family details.
Each card has been digitised and cards have been transcribed by State Library of Queensland and Genealogical Society of Queensland volunteers with additional information as recorded by the Australian War Memorial (AWM).
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Index cards A-G (1916-1919?)
Index cards for soldiers with surname A-G
Index cards kept by Annie Wheeler and her assistants during WWI in London detailing information about, and contact with, a soldier from central Queensland. Cards have handwritten notes recording the name, rank, service number, notes of correspondence and family details.
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Index cards H-M (1916-1919?)
Index cards for soldiers with surname H-M.
Index cards kept by Annie Wheeler and her assistants during WWI in London detailing information about, and contact with, a soldier from central Queensland. Cards have handwritten notes recording the name, rank, service number, notes of correspondence and family details.
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Index cards N-Z (1916-1919?)
Index cards for soldiers with surname N-Y (there are no cards for X or Z)
Index cards kept by Annie Wheeler and her assistants during WWI in London detailing information about, and contact with, a soldier from central Queensland. Cards have handwritten notes recording the name, rank, service number, notes of correspondence and family details.