Hobbs, Sir Joseph John Talbot (General, b.1864 - d.1938), KCB, KCMG, VD

Accession Number PR03901
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type Letter, Card
Maker Boullet, Eugene Anatole Auguste Victor
Place made France
Date made 1918
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of General Sir Joseph John Talbot Hobbs. Collections consists of an original letter dated 31 May 1918, written in French by French naturalist and entomologist, Eugene Boullet, to General Sir Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, Commander of the Australian 5th Division, thanking him and his Australian troops for their assistance in salvaging Boullet's butterfly collections, works of art, and other personal souvenirs during the fighting and bombing around Corbie in April. Boulet later donated his collection of buttlerflies to the Museum national d'historie naturelle (National Museum of Natural History) in Paris. Also included is the envelope in which the letter was delivered, a visiting card from Boullet and an English translation of the letter.

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