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Box-folder YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1

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Contains 9 Results:

Condition of German trenches, 1916 July 22

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1
Scope and contents

Written by Walter E. Cass, Lt. Col. Commanding 54th Battalion. Describes trenches captured by the Battalion.

Dates: 1916 July 22
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / YMS 15488, Papers of Walter and Helena Cass / Series 2: Military papers, Brigadier Walter Cass

Report on 1st Squadron A. F. C. to 5th March 1919, 1919 March 5

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1
Scope and contents

Contains copies of congratulatory letters, telegrams and other messages, 23 February 1918-4 November 1918, addressed to the Commanding Officer, 40th Wing, Royal Air Force, of which 1st Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, then formed a part and concern work done by the Squadron.

Dates: 1919 March 5
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / YMS 15488, Papers of Walter and Helena Cass / Series 2: Military papers, Brigadier Walter Cass

Report on No. 1 Squadron, A. F. C., to 31.12.1917, 1917 December 31

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1
Scope and contents

Contains copies of congratulatory letters and telegrams, 10 March 1917-23 December 1917, addressed to the Commanding Officer, 5th Wing, Royal Flying Corps, of which No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps then formed a part and concern work done by the Squadron.

Dates: 1917 December 31
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / YMS 15488, Papers of Walter and Helena Cass / Series 2: Military papers, Brigadier Walter Cass

Report written in the field at Fromelles, 1916 July 21

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1
Scope and contents

Written by W. E. Cass, Lt. Col., Commanding 54th Battalion. It describes activity on the front line by the 53rd and 54th Battalions and refers to the attack at Fromelles which took place on 19-20 July 1916.

Dates: 1916 July 21
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / YMS 15488, Papers of Walter and Helena Cass / Series 2: Military papers, Brigadier Walter Cass

Translation of portion of diary captured by A. I. F. in Palestine after General Allenby's advance : Bavarian Flying Squadron 304 : extracts from report on the evacuation of the aerodrome at Arak El Manchije, 1917 November 20

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1
Scope and contents

Describes events which took place on 4-20 November 1917.

Dates: 1917 November 20
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / YMS 15488, Papers of Walter and Helena Cass / Series 2: Military papers, Brigadier Walter Cass

Bavarian Flying Squadron 304 : extracts from report on the evacuation of the aerodrome at Arak El Manchije, 1917 November 20

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1
Scope and contents

Probably an early draft of the translation of a portion of the diary captured by Australian Imperial Forces in Palestine after General Allenby's advance. Describes events which took place on 4-20 November 1917.

Dates: 1917 November 20
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / YMS 15488, Papers of Walter and Helena Cass / Series 2: Military papers, Brigadier Walter Cass

Report from No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, in the field, addressed to A. I. F. in Egypt, Desert Mounted Corps Headquarters, 1917 December 31

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1
Scope and contents

Contains a report on the work of No. 1 Squadron for the period 16 March 1916-31 December 1917, including a list of officers with their career details. It is unsigned.

Dates: 1917 December 31
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / YMS 15488, Papers of Walter and Helena Cass / Series 2: Military papers, Brigadier Walter Cass

Copies of letters forwarded by Lieutenant General H. G. Chauvel, Commanding A. I. F. in Egypt, to Officer Commanding 1st Squadron, A. F. C., 1918 July

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1
Scope and contents

Includes copies of letters written by W. G. Salmond, Major General, Commanding Royal Air Force, Middle East, 24 July 1918 ; and A. E. Borton, Brigadier General, Commanding Palestine Brigade, Royal Air Force, 16 May 1918.

Dates: 1918 July
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / YMS 15488, Papers of Walter and Helena Cass / Series 2: Military papers, Brigadier Walter Cass

Recommendations for awards for Sergeant Stanley Robert MacDougall, 1918 April 21

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/1
Scope and contents

Contains citations and correspondence relating to recommendations for the Victoria Cross for MacDougall's actions on 28 March 1918 and for the Military Medal for his actions on 5 April 1918.

Dates: 1918 April 21
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / YMS 15488, Papers of Walter and Helena Cass / Series 2: Military papers, Brigadier Walter Cass