The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, Chief of Staff to the commander of the Australian Imperial Force, Lieutenant General Birdwood, works at a folding table at the entrance of his dugout (trench office) at Gallipoli. Brudenell-White served in the Boer War with the 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse; after that he spent two years at the British Staff College for officers in Camberley near London, the first Australian to win a place there, then trained troops and officers in England and Ireland for three years. When the First World War broke out he was Director of Military Operations in Australia; he was then appointed Chief Of Staff of the 1st Division and was the right hand man for General Bridges and then General Birdwood, with responsibility for the operations and organisation of the Australian forces. Promoted brigadier general in October 1915, Brudenell-White was largely responsible for planning the successful evacuation of Anzac in December and was awarded The Order of the Bath – Companion (Military) (CB). Serving on the Western Front for the remainder of the war, he exerted great influence in his role as staff officer to Birdwood. He was suggested as a suitable leader for the Australian Corps when it was formed in 1918, but remained with Birdwood, becoming senior staff officer to the 5th Army. Disappointed with cuts made to the Australian military after the war, he retired as Chief of the General Staff in 1923, to take up civil appointments. In March 1940, after the outbreak of the Second World War, Brudenell-White was recalled as CGS, but was tragically killed in an aircraft accident near Canberra on 13 August 1940 after a flight from Melbourne. Also killed in the accident were Sir Henry Gullett, Brigadier Street, Minister for Army, and Mr J V Fairbairn, Minister for Air. The folding table and chair are held in the Collection of the Australian War Memorial.
Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Brudenell Bingham White works at a table at the entrance to his dugout. White served in the Boer War with the 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse; after that he spent two years
Folding set of four sided legs for collapsible camp table. The legs are made up of diagonal wooden struts with pivoting metal braces at their centres, each side forming an 'X' shape. The four sides ar
Top for collapsible camp table. The table top is made up of twenty 800 mm long wooden slats, covered by a sheet of heavy khaki canvas, which is attached to the two outermost slats by a row of tacks. O
Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Brudenell Bingham White works at a table at the entrance to his dugout. White served in the Boer War with the 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse; after that he spent two years
Lieutenant Cyril Brudenell Bingham White (later General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White KCB KCMG KCVO DSO), of the 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. General White served with distinctio
Studio portrait of General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White KCB KCMG KCVO DSO. General White served in the Boer War with the 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse, and then with distinction during the Fi
Folding set of legs for collapsible camp table. The legs are made up of two sets of crossed black-painted wooden struts, pivoting at their centres. The two are joined by pivoting 'X' shaped metal brac
Portrait of General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White KCB KCMG KCVO DSO. General White served with distinction during the First World War in Egypt, Gallipoli and France and was regarded as a most effe
Backing for a canvas folding chair, consisting of a sheet of faded and heavily stained green canvas 34.5 cm high by 41.5 cm wide, hemmed top and bottom, and tacked to two 58.4 cm high wooden seat upri
