Canon David John Garland papers

This series contains letters (some typescripts) and postcards sent to Reverend Canon David Garland from servicemen and their families during the First World War.

The authors included are:

• Frank Alexander Weeks (1892-1933) 1st Light Horse Brigade Train
• Edith Chater Hellicar (1856-1942) her son Valentine Hellicar, 15th Infantry Battalion
• George Henry Hoffman (1883-1961) 11th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli
• Frederick James Hallam, 9th Infantry Battalion
• Charles Richard Garland (1894-1981) 2/1st Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
• Reverend Chaplain Charles Warren Tomkins (1875-1934)

[Items 1-7]

This series contains letters (some typescripts) and postcards sent to Reverend Canon David Garland from servicemen and their families during the First World War.

The authors included are:

• Albert Maroske (1875-1970) 5th Light Horse Regiment
• Henry (Harry) Melton Cobden (1864-1939) 26th Infantry Battalion
• John Oliver Ethell (1896-1917) 6th Field Company Engineers
• Charles Richard Garland (1894-1981) 2/1st Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
• Jack Athelstan Collum (1894-1962) 1st Australian Army Service Corps
• Chaplain Philip Arthur Micklem (1876-1965)
• Frederick Thomas Baker (1896-1975) 9th Field Artillery Brigade
• Sister Edith Florence Avenell (1891-1937) No.3 Stationary Hospital
• William Joseph Leacock (b.1871) 52nd Infantry Battalion

[Items 8 - 22]

This series contains letters (some typescripts) and postcards sent to Reverend Canon David Garland from chaplians, servicemen and their families during the First World War.

• Chaplain Thomas Herbert Willoughby Hely-Wilson (1872-1949)
• William Joseph Leackock (b.1871) 52nd Infantry Battalion
• Chaplain Charles Warren Tomkins (1875-1934)
• Francis Jack Neeham (1892-1974) 42nd Infantry Battalion
• Frederick Thomas Baker (1896-1975) 9th Field Artillery Brigade
• Jack Athelstan Collum (1894-1962) 23rd ASC 3rd Divisional Train
• Reverend R Woodger, Byron Bay
• Mrs Annie Elizabeth Hallam, South Brisbane
• Reverend Stephen Baggaley (1876-1949)
• Reverend Austin Egbert Francis Henry Eva (1877-1960)
• Bertie Trevellyan Crommelin (1882-1923) Imperial Camel Corps
• Chaplain John Edward Norman Osborn (1882-1966)
• John Spencer Booth (1889-1958) Australian Army Medical Corps
• Thomas W. Payne (1893-1964) 25th Infantry Battalion
• Thomas Lytton Rigg, 52nd Infantry Battalion
• Eileen Rose Paull (1895-1922)
• Verdie George Schwinghammer (1889-1965) 42nd Infantry Battalion
• Chaplain Thomas Edwards (b.1880)

[Items 23-70]

This series contains letters (some typescripts) and postcards sent to Reverend Canon David Garland from chaplians, servicemen and their families during the First World War.

• Thomas W. Payne (1893-1964) 25th Infantry Battalion
• Frederick Thomas Baker (1896-1975) 9th Field Artillery Brigade
• John Spencer Booth (1889-1958) Australian Army Medical Corps
• Chaplain Thomas Herbert Willoughby Hely-Wilson (1872-1949)
• Verdie George Schwinghammer (1889-1965) 42nd Infantry Battalion
• Miss Ina Doolan (1891-1969) sister of the late Lionel Doolan, 9th Infantry Battalion
• Chaplain Thomas Edwards (b.1880)
• Chaplain Horace Townsend Boultbee (1885-1954)
• Chaplain Cyril Horswill Massey (1886-1969)
• Norman Thomas McDonell (1896-1970) 1 Australian Wireless Squadron
• Chaplain William Maitland Woods (1864-1927)
• Chaplain David Jonathan Collins (1890-1949)
• Samuel Fogo Cochran (1899-1972) No.4 Railway Unit
• Chaplain Horace Clarence George Walton (1879-1954)
• Miss Mary Douglas McDonell (1893-1940) sistet of Norman McDonnel
• Jack Athelstan Collum (1894-1962) 1st Australian Army Service Corps

[Items 71-102]

This series contains letters (some typescripts) and postcards sent to Reverend Canon David Garland from chaplians, servicemen and their families during the First World War.

• Nurse Ella Clow McLean (1890-1968)
• Verdie George Schwinghammer (1889-1965) 42nd Infantry Battalion
• Chaplain Horace Clarence George Walton (1879-1954)
• Chaplain William Maitland Woods (1864-1927)
• Chaplain Thomas Herbert Willoughby Hely-Wilson (1872-1949)
• Miss Mary Douglas McDonell (1893-1940)
• George William Tarrant (1895-1958) 25th Infantry Battalion
• William Edward Greensill (1858-1922)

[Items 103-124]

This series contains letters (some typescripts) postcards and notes sent to and retained by Reverend Canon David Garland from chaplians, servicemen and their families during the First World War.

• Lieutenant General William Riddell Birdwood (1865-1951)
• General Francis Reginald Wingate (1861-1953)
• Winifred Moore (1882-1952)
• Charles Samuel Rodier Heath (1872-1923) 15th Infantry Battalion
• Reverend William Gordon Nisbet (1885-1955)
• Chaplain William Maitland Woods (1864-1927)

[Items 125-137]

Photographs, negatives and correspondence chiefly relating to servicemen during the First World War. Of note are three images relating to the Shellal Mosaic which was 'souvenired' under the direction of Reverend William Maitland Woods, now housed in the Australian War Memorial.

• Group portrait of eight men, including four in AIF uniforms, undated.
• Photograph captioned on rear 'A.I.F.' at play, undated, depicting servicemen engaging in tug-of-war game.
• Negative of servicemen engaging in tug-of-war game.
• Negative of church altar.
• Photograph captioned on rear "The Mosaic floor of Church, cleaned off, & marked in chalk, squares, work laid off, first morning. W. Maitland Woods.
• Photograph of inscribed panel uncovered with Shellal Mosaic.
• Photograph of inscription panel uncovered with Shellal Mosaic. Caption on rear 'inscription immediately after excavation. 8000 pieces of black & white marble. This is what I want to get for St Johns Cathedral'.
• Incomplete typescript letter regarding W. Maitland Woods, undated, unsigned.

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