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[ALLAN (Robert Marshall) Ed. by his father, James Allan]
Letters from A Young Queenslander.
2nd Ed. (enlarged), [v]+157pp., portrait frontis., 3 plates, map. Brisbane: Watson, Ferguson & Co. Ltd.
1916
#67122
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Letters of Robert Marshall Allan (1896-1946), a doctor born in Brisbane, from September 1914 when he was posted to the 9th (S) Bn. KRRC in training at Aldershot until November 1915. After just a couple of weeks with the KRRC - inoculating the men, &c. - he was posted to France where in January 1915 he joined a Field Ambulance in the Lahore Division of the Indian Corps. He remained with the Indians throughout 1915 including participating in the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, second Ypres, the Indian diversionary attack during the Battle of Loos, &c. For several periods he was attached to the Connaught Rangers as MO. Interesting letters describing his experiences with observations on Indian troops &c. His letters were privately published by his father in 1915 & this second edition (augmented by further letters) in February 1916. Both editions are rare (two copies on JISC/Library Hub [formerly COPAC]), both the original 1915 edition. Note: when the Indian Corps left France he proceeded with it to Mesopotamia, the subject of a second volume of war letters published later in 1916. Modern green cloth, gilt title to sp., VG thus. See illustrations on our website.
£225
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