Digitised@SLQ: Letters of army Chaplain William Maitland Woods

The Reverend William Maitland Woods (photo provided by the Woods family)

Earlier this year, State Library digitised the letters of The Reverend William Maitland Woods, an Anglican army chaplain who served served at Gallipoli with the 2nd Brigade, then spent most of the First World War in Egypt and Palestine, appointed in July 1916 as Senior Chaplain to the staff of Major General Chauvel’s Anzac Mounted Division.

Lambert, George. Reverend William Maitland Woods, 1918. Australian War Memorial, ID No: ART02764

Since the digitised letters were made available via One Search, State Library volunteers have undertaken transcription of the OM74-101 Maitland Woods Papers 1915-1916. Check the article about The Reverend Woods on this blog to read more about him and this wonderful collection. Now you can also read the transcriptions, as they have just been added to the digitised letters.

Letter from Woods to his colleague Garland from the 6th Light Horse camp, Ma'adi, Egypt. OM74-101/14

Robyn Hamilton - QANZAC100 Content Curator, State Library of Queensland