| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | S00202 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 10 min |
| Object type | Speech |
| Physical description | sound disc (lacquer); Nicholson; 78 rpm; mono; 12 inch |
| Maker |
Birdwood, William Riddell Nicholson's Broadcasting and Sound Recording Studios, 6PR |
| Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Perth |
| Date made | c1937 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
'A Farewell Message to Australia' by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood of Anzac
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"By the courtesy of the Australian Broadcasting Commission I am able to send a few words of farewell to my old comrades of the AIF and the NZTF. All throughout the war we were one force in spirit and brotherhood.It seems only yesterday I was sitting drinking on my arrival from the old country, and as times go, it was only yesterday. I should like to repeat, to the great regret of my wife and myself, that the very shortness of our time in this country has, of necessity, prevented us from visiting states other than Western Australia, or from (inaudible) to New Zealand as we would dearly loved to have done...." [full transcript available in attached document]
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