| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000123 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3376 13/2 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 23 |
| Object type | Document |
| Physical description | 34 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Birdwood, William Riddell Hughes, William Morris (Billy) Murdoch, Keith Arthur |
| Place made | Australia, France |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Messages re [conscription] referendum
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 23 messages, instructions, telegrams, and letters exchanged between Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood and others about the 1916 and 1917 conscription referendums. Correspondents in this file include Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch and Prime Minister William Morris Hughes. This file also includes duplicate copies of some documents.
This file contains:
Notice: Referendum on the question of compulsory military service outside Australia, c. 1916
Australian Imperial Force Military Service Referendum: Personal message from General Birdwood to members of the AIF, c.1916
Telegram from Birdwood to Keith Arthur Murdoch, 18 October 1916 [copy]
Telegram from William Morris Hughes to Birdwood, 14 October 1916 [copy]
Telegram from Archbishop Patrick Joseph Clune to Birdwood, 26 October 1916
Telegram from Archbishop Charles Owen Leaver Riley to Birdwood, 26 October 1916
Telegram from Keith Arthur Murdoch to Birdwood, 18 October 1916
Telegram from Keith Arthur Murdoch to Birdwood, 17 October 1916
Letter from Birdwood to William Morris Hughes, c. 1916
Routine orders by Birdwood, 4 November 1916
Routine orders by Birdwood, 4 November 1916 [duplicate – not scanned]
Routine orders by Birdwood, 4 November 1916 [duplicate – not scanned]
Manifesto to Australian soldiers from Mr William Morris Hughes, c.1916
Australian Imperial Force Military Service Referendum: Personal message from General Birdwood to members of the AIF, c. 1916 [draft - written on reverse of letter from William Morris Hughes to Birdwood, 14 October 1916]
Memorandum from Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Griffiths to Assistant Returning Officers [Includes The Military Service Referendum Act, 1916 (Australia): Instructions for the conduct of the polling in France, 16 October 1916 AND Regulations relating to members of the Commonwealth Naval and Military Forces and Crews of Australian transport vessels voting abroad, c.1916]
Manifesto to Australian soldiers from Mr William Morris Hughes, c.1916 [duplicate – not scanned]
Newspaper clipping titled “Vomiters of lies: Message can be proved states Prime Minister”, c. 23 October 1916
Newspaper clipping titled “Message from the ANZACS: Appeal for Support” and “Divisions under strength: Message from General Haig”, c. 28 October 1916
Handwritten note from Birdwood titled "Spare copies", n.d. [Includes a. Telegram from Mr Hughes [2 copies] b. Telegram to Keith Arthur Murdoch [1 copy] c. Mr Hughes manifesto to troops [2 copies] d. General Birdwood’s message to troops [24 copies], c.1916. Duplicates of each item not scanned]
Letter from Birdwood to General [unknown], 9 November 1917
Letter from Birdwood to Lieutenant Colonel T Griffiths, 10 November 1917