| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000068 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3376 9/3g |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 19 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 34 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Various |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Telegrams and letters received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1918
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)
- Series 9: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1903 – 1950
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Description
This folder contains 24 letters and telegrams sent and received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 28 January 1918 and 18 December 1918. Subjects discussed in these telegrams include Australian troops, Lille, Birdwood as Commanding Officer of the Australian troops, Tournay, Toulon, Australia House, the Armistice, and relations between the AIF and the Royal Australian Navy. Some of these telegrams are written in French.
This file contains:
Telegram from Field Marshal Douglas Haig to Birdwood, 28 January 1918
Telegram from Lieutenant General Cyriaque Gillain to Birdwood, 23 April 1918 [written in French]
Telegrams exchanged by Senator George Foster Pearce and Birdwood, 24 - 25 May 1918 [paraphrased]
Letter from Lieutenant General Francis Davies to Birdwood, 8 June 1918 [includes letter from Major General H Rugglestonzi to Birdwood, 11 June 1918 with telegram from Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson to be forwarded to Birdwood, 26 May 1918]
Telegram from Birdwood to Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, 15 June 1918
Telegram from Andrew Fisher to Birdwood, 19 July 1918
Telegram from General Herbert Vaughan Cox to Birdwood, 18 October 1918
Telegram from Sir George Philip Doolette to Birdwood, 18 October 1918
Telegram from John David King to Birdwood, 19 October 1918
Telegram from Admiral Emile Paul Amable Guepratte to Birdwood, 20 October 1917 [written in French]
Telegram from Walter Long to Birdwood, 20 October 1917
Telegram from Reginald Wingate to Birdwood, 21 October 1918
Telegram from Chief Belgian Mission to Birdwood, 9 November 1918
Telegram from [unknown] to Birdwood, 13 November 1918
Telegram from William Morris Hughes to Birdwood, 14 November 1918
Telegrams exchanged by Senator George Foster Pearce and Birdwood, 13-14 November 1918
Telegrams exchanged by Senator George Foster Pearce and Birdwood, 13-14 November 1918 [Not scanned - duplicate]
Telegrams exchanged by Rear Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey and Birdwood, 16-18 November 1918
Telegram from General Orth to Birdwood, 20 November 1918
Telegram from Alvaro Cesar de Mendonca to Birdwood, 30 November 1918 [written in French]
Telegram from Captain B T Harding to Birdwood, 18 December 1918
Telegram from Senator George Foster Pearce to Birdwood, [1918]