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.
Details
Accession Number
AWM2017.109.8
Classification
Private Record
Measurement
Archived measurement
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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