| Accession Number | AWM2017.109.8 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 2 wallets: 5 cm |
| Object type | Document |
| Maker |
Murdoch, William Stewart |
| Place made | Australia, France |
| Date made | 1916-1923 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Murdoch, William Stewart (Private, b.1883 - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to the death of 5147 Private William Stewart Murdoch, 48th Infantry Battalion. Murdoch was killed by a shell on 8th August 1916, near Pozieres. Collection consists of a telegram informing Mrs Murdoch that her son was recorded as missing (later revised to killed in action); two Red Cross letters providing further information and eye witness accounts of his death; a letter notifying Mrs Murdoch that a memorial scroll that was to be sent under separate cover; the memorial scroll and original postal tube in which it was sent; two copies of a commemorative letter from the King (with a slip recording subject's and recipient's details); a letter notifying Mrs Murdoch of the separate dispatch of her son's Victory Medal; and two newscuttings regarding the desolation of Sausage Gully and a monument at Pozieres.