Letter : Western Desert, to Miss D.M. Hamilton [manuscript]. 1942.

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Letter : Western Desert, to Miss D.M. Hamilton [manuscript]. 1942.

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Letter written to Miss D.M. Hamilton by Hugh Paterson, son of A.B. (Banjo) Paterson whilst in the trenches in the Western Desert in 1942. The letter gives a short account of his father's life and work as an author.

11 p. (0.5 cm.)

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Paterson, Hugh Barton.

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Paterson, A.B. (Andrew Barton), 1864-1941

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Poet, journalist, solicitor. "Banjo" Paterson served in World War I as an ambulance driver in the Australian Hospital, Bourlogne, 1914-15. In 1915 he joined the Australian Remount Service in Egypt and Palestine. By the end of the War he had risen to the rank of Major. From the description of Letters [manuscript]. 1915-1920. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225827724 This poem by Banjo Paterson was first published in the Bulletin of 1900 May 19. It is reprinted in V...