C01815 Accession Number: C01815

Description

Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Brudenell Bingham White works at a table at the entrance to his dugout. White served in the Boer War with the 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse; after that he spent two years at the British Staff College for officers in Camberley near London, the first Australian to win a place there, then trained troops and officers in England and Ireland for three years. When the First World War broke out he was Director of Military Operations in Australia; he was then appointed Chief Of Staff of the 1st Division and was the right hand man for General Bridges and then General Birdwood, with responsibility for the operations and organisation of the Australian forces.

Details

Accession Number
C01815
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
April 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Major R A Ramsay
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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