The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Walking stick made of cane with a curved handle. A bullet is firmly embedded just above the worn protective metal ferrule (end cap) on the foot of the walking stick.
This walking stick was used by Lieutenant-General William Riddell Birdwood of the British Army during the Gallipoli campaign. Birdwood was admired by the Anzac troops for often remaining in the 'thick of it' in the front trenches and was affectionately nicknamed 'Birdie' as a result. On one occasion, this walking stick was struck by a bullet which remains embedded near its tip.
After the evacuation of the force from Gallipoli in December 1915, Birdwood presented the walking stick to his Chief Engineer, Brigadier-General Joly de Lotbiniere, an Indian Army Officer who won considerable popularity with the Australian soldiers of all ranks.
Cane walking stick with a shrapnel ball at the end of the handle. A copper collar is attached around three quarters of the way up the handle. This cane walking stick was purchased by General Talbot
Walking stick made of cane with a curved handle and small worn metal collar pinned to the shaft near the handle. One of the two securing pins for the collar is missing. A worn protective metal ferrule
WOODEN WALKING STICK, REPUTEDLY OWNED BY GENERAL CRONJE. CARVED ON THE STICK ARE THE WORDS: GE MAAKT IN BOEREN KAMP CELON. 1901." THE HANDLE OF THE STICK TERMINATES IN A CARVED EBONY FIST. This walk
Major General Sir (later Field Marshal Lord) William Riddell Birdwood (of ANZAC, Bt) GCB, GCMG, CIE, DSO, was selected from the Indian Army 1914 to command the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. H
Major General Sir (later Field Marshal Lord) William Riddell Birdwood (of ANZAC, Bt), GCB, GCMG, CIE, DSO, was selected from the Indian Army 1914 to command the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
Carved wooden walking stick featuring a pattern of raised leaves and flowers on a twisting vine. The head is an irregularly shaped knob like a seed pod, with many small knotholes in it and several car
