Description
Object description
Photocopy of a transcription (132pp ts) of his diary for the period November 1916 - November 1919, covering service with the Australian Army Medical Corps as a Medical Officer with 6th Field Ambulance and as RMO to the 24th Australian Infantry Battalion on the Western Front, containing useful details of his experiences during the Third Battle of Ypres, September - December 1917 (Menin Road, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle), the German offensive of March 1918 (St Quentin), with particularly good descriptions of the German gas attacks and their effect, transfer to the Somme in April 1918 and minor operations on the Ancre in May, the Battle of Amiens in August 1918 (Villers Bretonneux), and the Battle of Mont St Quentin in September 1918, concluding with post-armistice visits to Belgium, Germany and Italy before returning to Australia in November 1919; also photocopies of various documentation compiled by Coutts' daughter to support the diary, including 24th Battalion orders, extracts from his RMO War Diary, documents concerning his DSO award, and other miscellaneous papers.
Content description
Photocopy of a transcription (132pp ts) of his diary for the period November 1916 - November 1919, covering service with the Australian Army Medical Corps as a Medical Officer with 6th Field Ambulance and as RMO to the 24th Australian Infantry Battalion on the Western Front, containing useful details of his experiences during the Third Battle of Ypres, September - December 1917 (Menin Road, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle), the German offensive of March 1918 (St Quentin), with particularly good descriptions of the German gas attacks and their effect, transfer to the Somme in April 1918 and minor operations on the Ancre in May, the Battle of Amiens in August 1918 (Villers Bretonneux), and the Battle of Mont St Quentin in September 1918, concluding with post-armistice visits to Belgium, Germany and Italy before returning to Australia in November 1919; also photocopies of various documentation compiled by Coutts' daughter to support the diary, including 24th Battalion orders, extracts from his RMO War Diary, documents concerning his DSO award, and other miscellaneous papers.
History note
Cataloguer SWW
History note
Catalogue date 1997-01