Object numberM2008/020:002
DescriptionLetter, 4 pages, hand written by D. J. McKenzie on April 9, 1984 (addressee unknown) applauding the news he read about the cities of Parramatta, NSW, and Beersheba becoming sister-cities. He also describes his experience in Palestine in WWII and the activities of the Light Horse in Inverell (photographgraph of Inverell Light Horse Brigade included M2008/020:001). In particular he describes Sergeant Jack Pollack, a local WWI returned serviceman, who participated in the charge of Beersheba by the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade on 31 October 1917.
Production placeInverell, New South Wales, Australia
Production date 1984-04-09
Subjectlight-horsemen, World War I (1914-1918), World War II (1939-1945), returned servicepeople, Beersheba, Israel, sister-cities
Object nameletters
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 150.00 mm
height: 185.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by D. J. McKenzie via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2007