Folder 1 of 2 - Condolence letters relating to the life and military service of Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, April 1941 - July 1941

Papers of Maude Elizabeth Edmondson relating to the life and Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion, Australia and Libya, 1916-1956.

Wallet 2 of 4 contains two folders.

Folder 1 of 2 contains a telegram, dated 26 April 1941, from the Minister for the Army Percy Claude Spender to Joseph William Edmondson informing him that his son, Corporal John Hurst Edmondson, was killed in action on 14 April 1941. Corporal Edmondson was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in a counter-attack against enemy troops at Tobruk including saving the life of his Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Frederick Austin Mackell. Collection also contains another telegram from Minister Spender to Mr Edmondson regarding the King's approval of the award. Collection also includes 19 condolence letters and other correspondence from various friends and relatives, members of the Australian Army, Jack's former teacher at Hurlstone Agricultural High School, civic and ecclesiastical dignitaries, clubs and societies.

This folder contains:

Telegram from the Minister of the Army to Mr Joseph William Edmondson, 26 April 1941;
Letter from NX12231 Lieutenant Frederick Austin Mackell to his family, AIF Abroad, 15 April 1941;
Condolence letter from NX12329 Captain [John Walter] Balfe to Mr [Joseph William] Edmondson, AIF Abroad, 16 April 1941;
Condolence letter from VX48627 Private Athol [Lindsay] Dalziel to Mrs [Maude Elizabeth] Edmondson, AIF Abroad, 16 April 1941;
Condolence letter from [George Fraser] Longmuir to Mr and Mrs [Joseph William] Edmondson, 28 April 1941;
Condolence letter from NX12231 [Frederick] Austin Mackell to Mr and Mrs [Joseph William] Edmondson, AIF Abroad, 16 May 1941 [includes annotated copy];
Condolence letter from Howard [West Kilvinton Mowll] to Mr [Joseph William] Edmondson, Diocesan Church House, George Street, Sydney, 9 June 1941;
Condolence letter from Lieutenant Colonel John Crawford to Mr [Joseph William] Edmondson, AIF Abroad, 14 June 1941;
Telegram from Minister of the Army [Percy Claude] Spender to [Joseph William] Edmondson regarding the King’s approval of a posthumous award of the Victoria Cross to Corporal Edmondson, 4 July 1941;
Condolence letter from [George Fraser] Longmuir to “Bill” [Joseph William Edmondson], Haberfield, 4 July 1941;
Letter from NX12329 [John Walter] Balfe to Mr and Mrs [Joseph William] Edmondson, AIF Abroad, 6 July 1941;
Letter from Howard [West Kilvinton Mowll] Sydney to Mr [Joseph William] Edmondson regarding the awarding of Victoria Cross to the late Corporal Edmondson, Diocesan Church House, George Street, Sydney, 7 July 1941;
Condolence letter from [James Barr] Moffatt of J.B. Moffatt & Son Solicitors to [Joseph] Edmondson, Wembley Chambers, Sydney, 8 July 1941;
Condolence letter from Edgecliff Rifle Club Honourable Secretary D.E. Gill to Mr and Mrs [Joseph William] Edmondson, Croydon, 9 July 1941;
Condolence letter from Lieutenant General G. A. Blamey to Mr [Joseph William] Edmondson, Headquarters AIF Middle East, 12 July 1941;
Condolence letter from Major-General [Leslie James] Morshead to Mr [Joseph William] Edmondson, Headquarters 9th Australian Division, In the Field, 13 July 1941;
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel [John Wilson] Crawford to Mr [Joseph William] Edmondson, AIF Abroad, 14 July 1941, including three letters from Captain H.B. Norman, Lieutenant-Colonel T. Williams and R.A. Eden;
Letter from the Metropolitan District Rifle Clubs’ Union Honourable Secretary L. Dusting to Mrs [Maude Elizabeth] Edmondson, Sydney, 16 July 1941;
Letter from the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales Grand Secretary James S. Miller to Brother [Joseph William] Edmondson, Sydney, 16 July 1941;
Extract from the address of the M. W. Grand Master Lord Gowrie at the communication of the 12 July 1941; and
Condolence letter from the Municipality of Wagga Wagga Town Clerk, Frank H. Burns to Mr and Mrs [Joseph William Edmondson, Wagga Wagga, 21 July 1941.