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Author	MacLeod, Julius Farquhar Wallace, 1893-1974, author.
Title	Letter from Gallipoli written by Julius Farquhar Wallace MacLeod, June 1915.
Published/Produced	1915.

ACC 8897A: Letter from Gallipoli written by J.F.W. MacLeod on cigarette packet, front, June 1915

ACC 8897A: Letter from Gallipoli written by J.F.W. MacLeod on cigarette packet, back, June 1915

ACC 8897A: Transcript of letter from Gallipoli written by J.F.W. MacLeod written on cigarette packet

LOCATION	CALL NO	STATUS	NOTE	MESSAGE
Online		AVAILABLE
3rd Floor Rare Materials	ACC 8897A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY		ASK SLWA STAFF

Physical description	1 cardboard cigarette packet (unfolded) ; 17 x 8 cm + 1 typescript (22 x 18 cm)
Series	WWI Centenary Project
Access advisory	Available for reference, not for loan.
Cite As	State Library of Western Australia, Julius Farquhar Wallace MacLeod papers, ACC 8897A
Summary	Letter written on a cigarette packet, signed "Julius of Talisker", to his sister, "Thel", includes typescript of the original letter. The letter was written during the Gallipoli Campaign and briefly describes an armistice to bury the dead Turkish soldiers, mentions the garden at Talisker and adjures his sister to take great care of their mother.
SUMMARY	Born in Portland, Victoria, the eighth child of Donald Norman MacLeod and Charlotte Harriett nee Bushell MacLeod. Enlisted in the 8th Battalion AIF at the outbreak of World War I, served in Gallipoli and France and returned to Australia in January 1918, making his home at Minilya Station, Carnarvon.
Subjects	MacLeod, Julius Farquhar Wallace, 1893-1974 -- Correspondence.
	MacLeod, Julius Farquhar Wallace, 1893-1974 -- Archives.
	World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Archives.
	Soldiers -- Western Australia -- Correspondence.