Record Number: 30244

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

At Sea, 26 January, 1915. ... A little sketch of the multifarious activities which are going on, simultaneously, on this ship, throughout the live-long day, may interest you ... The 14th band is practising aft, and the 13th band is playing operatic selections forward, while in all the intervening spaces, in the interstices between these various activities, men and officers in all sorts of dress and undress are sitting, sprawling and lying about, yarning, reading and sleeping ...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

26 Jan 1915

Country:

At sea

Time

daytime

Place:

Troop ship Ceramic en route to Egypt.

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

First A.I.F.

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Nov

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

Soldiers

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

At sea

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30244

Source:

Print

Author:

John Monash

Editor:

F. M. Cutlack

Title:

War Letters of General Monash

Place of Publication:

Sydney

Date of Publication:

1935

Vol:

n/a

Page:

11-12

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Monash, F. M. Cutlack (ed.), War Letters of General Monash, (Sydney, 1935), p. 11-12, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30244, accessed: 28 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

Particular location of reading experience: Troop ship Ceramic en route to Egypt.