Item 1 - Boer War letters

Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P4-1

Title

Boer War letters

Date(s)

  • 1901-1902 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

19 letters - Xerox copies

Context area

Name of creator

(1873-1914)

Biographical history

Dr James Harold Patterson (1873-1914), son of W. and Sarah Patterson of Mayfield, Launceston, qualified as a surgeon in Edinburgh U.K. He served as Surgeon Lieutenant (later Captain) with the 5th Victorian Rifles in the Boer War in South Africa in 1901-1... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Xerox copies of original documents owned by Mrs. Hart.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Letters dated January 1901 to February 1902 written by Dr. J.H. Patterson while on active service in South Africa during the Boer war to his mother, Sarah Patterson.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open for research but readers to sign a form for the owner

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

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Description identifier

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P4

Dates of creation revision deletion

PP September 2018

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