Murdoch, William Stewart (Private, b.1883 - d.1916) Accession Number: AWM2017.109.8

Description

Collection relating to the death of 5147 Private William Stewart Murdoch, 48th Infantry Battalion. Murdoch was killed by a shell on 8th August 1916, near Pozieres. Collection consists of a telegram informing Mrs Murdoch that her son was recorded as missing (later revised to killed in action); two Red Cross letters providing further information and eye witness accounts of his death; a letter notifying Mrs Murdoch that a memorial scroll that was to be sent under separate cover; the memorial scroll and original postal tube in which it was sent; two copies of a commemorative letter from the King (with a slip recording subject's and recipient's details); a letter notifying Mrs Murdoch of the separate dispatch of her son's Victory Medal; and two newscuttings regarding the desolation of Sausage Gully and a monument at Pozieres.

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Accession Number
AWM2017.109.8
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Document
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1916-1923
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
12
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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