Resources: Mitcham Army Camp

Mitcham AIF CAMP 1915-19 a brilliant booklet put together by local resident Gavin Scrimgeour.

Thanks to Colonel Light Gardens Historical Society, here is a fantastic map that will add a layer to Google Earth that shows the layout of the Mitcham Camp, over present day Colonel Light Gardens.  Google Earth must be installed for the file to work.  Zooom out once loaded.  The file is located here www.clghs.org.au/maps/Mitcham Army Camp 1917.kmz.

Photographs relating to Mitcham Camp on Trove

More photographs at the Colonel Light Gardens Historical Society

Another photo of Light Horse at Mitcham Camp

Photo of soldiers at Mitcham Station

Reference to the Camp Routine handbook

Book chapter about the men of Mitcham Army Camp by Claire Woods

“There and back with a dinkum” Book edited by Claire Woods and Paul Skrebels: an autobiographical account of WW1 by South Australian WRG Colman.  This includes a chapter about his training at Mitcham Army Camp.

Newspaper article about Mitcham Camp from 1916.

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