Knowles, George Shaw (Sir) Accession Number: PR01099

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Transcript of extracts from the personal diary of Sir George Shaw Knowles of a tour of the Western Front battlefields and Australian memorials and cemeteries in France and Belgium, 1920-1924. Knowles accompanied the Minister of Defence, Senator the Honourable E. D. Millen (leader of the Australian delegation), for the first League of Nations Assembly in Geneva, 1920, and later accompanied Sir Littleton Groom (Attorney General of Australia and Head of Delegation) for the fifth Assembly in 1924.

Details

Accession Number
PR01099
Maker
George Shaw Knowles
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Diary
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1921-1924
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
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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