Autograph book for Alfred Thomas Sharp, 1914-1921

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
Accession Number RCDIG0000288
Collection number PR04809
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Souvenir
Physical description 107 Image/s captured
Maker Various
Place made At sea, Australia, United Kingdom
Date made 1914-1921
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

Autograph book belonging to Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Alfred Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Office during the First World War. He and his wife hosted and visited many soldiers, particularly those from Victoria, who were recuperating in London. Notable among the signatures are those of Captain Albert Jacka VC, MC, Lord Birdwood, Prime Minister David Lloyd George, and the Australian cricket team touring England in 1921, captained by Warwick Armstrong.