| Places | |
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| Accession Number | PR01974 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: x 1 cm; + 2 folios |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Birdwood, William Riddell |
| Place made | Australia, France |
| Date made | 1910-1918 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Smith, Robert CMG, DSO, MID (Brigadier General)
Description
Certificates, letters, commissioning papers, signal forms and photographs of Brigadier General (Brig Gen) Robert Smith (1910-1918). Includes material relating to his service in Europe with 5 Brigade, 2 Division during First World War. Correspondents include Gellibrand and Field Marshal Lord Birdwood congratulating Brig Gen Smith on the award of his DSO. Of note are two signals: one dated 16 April 1917 from General Gough congratulating Brig Gen Smith on the handling of his reserves that morning (in connection with the German attack at Lagnicourt); the second, dated 20 September 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres, expresses Birdwood's pleasure in the 2 Division's capture of ANZAC redoubt (verso inscribed: 'I captured Anzac Redoubt with 18th Bn. 20.9.17').