Newspaper clippings removed from the personal diary of Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood dated 1920 Accession Number: RCDIG0000013

Description

This file contains a bundle of items that were originally interspersed through the pages of Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood’s 1920 diary. These items include newspaper clippings and name cards. The contents of this file include:
Newspaper clipping, no title [reports the birth of a son for Mrs Colin Craig], c. January 1920
Newspaper clipping from The Times titled 'The term's end: II. Modern problems at Clifton', 28 July 1920
Newspaper clipping captioned 'General Birdwood (the "soul of Anzac") inspecting Australian soldiers of the Graves Section at Villers-Bretonneux (Somme) before his departure for India', c.1920
Newspaper clipping, no title [reports on the Birdwood's visit to the zoological gardens], c.1920
Newspaper clipping titled 'General Birdwood: Australian Memorial at Amiens', c.1920
Newspaper clipping titled 'General Birdwood: Farewell to old comrades', c.1920
Newspaper clipping, no title [reports on arrival in Paris of Lord William Birdwood], c.1920
Newspaper clipping captioned 'General's battlefield journey - General Sir William Birdwood leaving Victoria Station, London, yesterday, to visit the Australian graves in France', c.1920
Newspaper clipping from The Argus titled 'Australia's problems: Gen Birdwood's views', 2 October 1920
Newspaper clipping titled 'Farewell luncheon to General Birdwood', c.1920
Newspaper clipping captioned 'General Birdwood (the "soul of Anzac") inspecting Australian soldiers of the Graves Section at Villers-Bretonneux (Somme) before his departure for India', c.1920 [duplicate - not scanned]
Newspaper clipping titled 'Memoranda', c.1920
Newspaper clipping titled 'Australia's Ex-Soldiers: Gen Birdwood's impressions', c.1920
Newspaper clipping titled 'The London Gazette: Friday May, 7', c.1920
Newspaper clipping, no title [birth notice for son to Mr and Mrs Colin Craig], c.15 January 1920
Newspaper clipping, no title [reports birth of Wilbur Birdwood Gilbert], c.13 January 1920
Newspaper clipping captioned 'General Birdwood in the trenches', c.1920
Typed copy of poem about "Birdie", c.1920
Newspaper clipping titled 'The Indian command', c.1920
Name card for Sir Robert M C Anderson, c.1920 [annotated by Birdwood]
Name card for Madame Paul Prouvost Crepy, c.1920 [annotated by Birdwood]
Newspaper clipping from The Times titled 'General Birdwood on Australasia', c. 7 October 1920

Details

Accession Number
RCDIG0000013
Maker
Various
Classification
Digitised Collection
Object Type
Newspaper cutting
Physical Description
Image/s captured: 23
Date Made
1920
Place Made
Collection number
3DRL/3376 1/6 Part 2
Whole/Part
File
Item Count
22
Credit Line
This item has been digitised under the Australian War Memorial’s digital preservation program.
Copying Provisions
Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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