RSL Victoria - Anzac House Reference Library and Memorabilia Collection
Letters of John Albert Cashmore & Arthur Cashmore, John & Arthur Cashmore, 1915 to 1918
... Letters of John Albert Cashmore & Arthur Cashmore...john albert cashmore... palestine beersheba arthur cashmore john albert cashmore Eleven WW1 ...
Both Cashmore brothers embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Palermo on 7th May 1915, and returned to Australia in mid-1919. Nine letters by Jack and two by Arthur were sent from Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. A letter by Jack from Palestine on 26th October 1917 tells of an upcoming action that "may be pretty big", and a later letter (March 1918) tells of men known to him who were lost at Beersheba.Eleven WW1 letters by Jack and Arch Cashmore (4th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement). Includes several postcards and two small photographs. ww1, gallipoli, letters, palestine, beersheba, arthur cashmore, john albert cashmore
