Place | Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Gezira |
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Accession Number | RCDIG0001277 |
Collection number | 1DRL/0427 |
Collection type | Digitised Collection |
Record type | File |
Item count | 7 |
Object type | Papers |
Physical description | 7 Image/s captured |
Maker |
Various |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Egypt: Cairo |
Date made | 1915-1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Cablegrams to George Gordon McCrae, 1915-1916
McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon (Major, b.1890 - d.1916)
- Series 4: Cablegrams to George Gordon McCrae, 1915-1916
Next Record >Cablegrams relating to the First World War service of Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 7th Battalion. This series of cablegrams are addressed to McCrae’s father George and detail his son’s hospitalisation and convalescence. They detail McCrae’s transferral to various hospital units, promotion to the rank of major, and updates on his condition. This file contains:
Cablegram from Major Stanley Seymour Argyle, [No. 1 Australian General Hospital], Cairo, to George Gordon McCrae, Hawthorn, Victoria. Sent 28 June 1915. Received 29 June 1915;
Telegram from Secretary of Defence, Melbourne, to George Gordon McCrae, Anchorfield, Hawthorn. Sent [4 July 1915]. Received 20 July 1915;
Telegram from Secretary of Defence, Melbourne, to George Gordon McCrae, Anchorfield, Calvin Street, Hawthorn. Sent [1 July 1915]. Received 27 July 1915;
Cablegram from Major Stanley Seymour Argyle, [No. 1 Australian General Hospital], Cairo, to George Gordon McCrae, Hawthorn, Victoria. Sent 27 July 1915. Received 28 July 1915;
Telegram from Department of Defence, Melbourne, to George Gordon McCrae, Anchorfield, Calvin Street, Hawthorn. Sent 3 August 1915. Receieved 4 August 1915;
Telegram from Base Records, Melbourne, to George Gordon McCrae, Anchorfield, Calvin Street, Hawthorn. Receieved 21 January 1916;
Cablegram from ["Bernbridge"], Cairo, to "Bligh". Sent 5 February 1916. Received 7 February 1916.