| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000122 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3376 13/1 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 10 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 26 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Birdwood, William Riddell Murdoch, Keith Arthur |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Federal Elections AIF: Correspondence with Keith Arthur Murdoch and Frederick William Young, Agent General for South Australia
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)
- Series 13: Federal Election and the Second Conscription Referendum, 1917
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Description
This file contains ten letters and telegrams exchanged between Birdwood, Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch, Frederick William Young and Brigadier General Sir Robert Murray McCheyne Anderson. The subject of these letters is the Australian federal election on 5 May 1917 and the Conscription Referendum held on 20 December 1917. The taking of Bapaume and changes of staff in the United Kingdom are also discussed.
This file contains:
Cablegram from Keith Arthur Murdoch to Birdwood, 21 March 1917
Letter from Frederick William Young to Birdwood, 19 March 1917
Letter from Birdwood to Frederick William Young, 21 March 1917 [copy]
Letter from Birdwood to Keith Murdoch, 24 March 1917
Letter from Birdwood to General Robert Murray McCheyne Anderson, 23 March 1917
Letter from Frederick William Young to Birdwood, 28 March 1917
Letter from Birdwood to Keith Arthur Murdoch, 30 March 1917
Letter from Birdwood to General Robert Murray McCheyne Anderson, 1 April 1917
Letter from Birdwood to Frederick William Young, 2 April 1917
Letter from Birdwood to Keith Arthur Murdoch, 11 April 1917