Letters and documents relating to the proposed memorial for William Throsby Bridges, 1915

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number RCDIG0001022
Collection number 2DRL/0469
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 3
Object type Letter
Physical description 3 Image/s captured
Maker Foott, Cecil Henry
Forsyth, John Keatly
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Anzac Beach
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

Letters and documents relating to the First World War service of Major General William Throsby Bridges 1st Division Headquarters. Included is a circular detailing the establishment of a committee of officers to provide recommendations on the proposed memorial to Bridges, and a memorandum detailing that officers may donate a portion of their pay to help fund it. Also included is a photostat copy of the proposed memorial plaque.
This file contains:
Circular from Lieutenant Colonel John Kealty Forsyth, First Australian Division, Divisional Headquarters, [ANZAC Cove], 25 June 1915;
Memorandum to all commanding officers from Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Henry Foott, First Australian Division, Divisional Headquarters, ANZAC Cove, 3 July 1915;
Photostat copy of the planned memorial to the late William Throsby Bridges, [date unknown];
Copy of the planned memorial to the late William Throsby Bridges, [date unknown].