Speeches, addresses, and other papers written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood and others during the inter-war period and the Second World War

Places	Africa: Egypt Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Bardia Area, Bardia Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Oceania: Australia, Western Australia Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle
Accession Number	RCDIG0000075
Collection number	3DRL/3376 10/1b
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	20
Object type	Papers
Physical description	47 Image/s captured
Maker	Various
Date made	1932-1945
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Places

Accession Number

RCDIG0000075

Collection number

3DRL/3376 10/1b

Collection type

Digitised Collection

Record type

File

Item count

Object type

Papers

Physical description

47 Image/s captured

Maker

Various

Date made

1932-1945

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Copying Provisions

Digital format and content protected by copyright.

This folder contains 18 speeches, addresses and other papers written by Birdwood between 1932 through to the years of the Second World War. A telegram from Lieutenant General Cyril Brudenell Bingham White to Birdwood is also included. Some of the subjects discussed in these papers include Birdwood’s visits to Australia, memories of the First World War, the Great Depression, coronation of King George VI and the advent of the Second World War.
This file contains:
Address given by Birdwood in Western Australia, c.1932
Notes - Re Returned Sailors and Soldiers League, c.1934 [includes annotations by Birdwood]
Radio broadcast address by Birdwood via the Australian Broadcasting Commission, c.1934 [draft with annotations]
Telegram to Birdwood from Lieutenant General Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, c.1937.
Response written by Birdwood in regards to receipt of telegram from Lieutenant General Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, c.1937
"Ed Miller house". Handwritten notes compiled by Birdwood for address at Ed Miller's house, Perth, c.1937
Handwritten notes compiled by Birdwood for address to Lord Mayor, Perth, c.1937
Typed notes compiled by Birdwood for address to Lord Mayor, Perth, c.1937 [includes annotations by Birdwood]
"Diggers. Perth 37". Handwritten notes compiled by Birdwood for address to returned Australian soldiers, Perth, c.1937.
Address given by Birdwood to returned soldiers, Perth, c.1937 [draft with annotations by Birdwood]
Address given by Birdwood to returned soldiers, Perth, c.1937 [draft with annotations by Birdwood]
Address by Birdwood to Australian public via Australian Broadcasting Commission, 26 July 1937 [draft]
Handwritten notes compiled by Birdwood for an address, c.1939
Address by Birdwood, c.1939
Address by Birdwood titled "Anzac Day 1940", 25 April 1940.
"Talk for the Australian Troops", written by Birdwood for the Middle East Magazine, c. 1941 [draft with annotations by Birdwood]
"Talk for the Australian Troops", written by Birdwood for the Middle East Magazine, c. 1941 [carbon copy]
Anzac Day Message by Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, c. 1942-1945