| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART03355 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 75.8 cm x 63.5 cm x 2.2 cm; framed: 86.5 cm x 73.5 cm x 10 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Location | Main Bld: First World War Gallery: Australia Goes To War |
| Maker |
Rodway, Florence The Commanders ed. by D M Horner, Allen and Unwin (front endpaper) |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1920 |
| Conflict |
Period 1920-1929 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Major General Sir William Bridges
Description
A posthumous portrait of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges, KCB, CMG (18 February 1861 - 18 May 1915). At the outbreak of the First World War, Bridges was selected to raise and command an Australian force for overseas service that, at Bridges suggestion, was called the Australian Imperial Forces. He landed with the 1st Australian Division at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. On 15 May 1915 Bridges was mortally wounded by a Turkish sniper while inspecting positions in Monash Valley, Gallipoli. His body was returned to Australia and interred on Mount Pleasant, overlooking Duntroon. He was the only Australian soldier of the First World War to be honoured in his way.