Address to Sir William Robertson, ca 1916
Address to Sir William Robertson, ca 1916
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1916
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B 1571
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0.4 metres of textual material (1 volume)
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1. The Address
To General Sir William Robertson. The socks are presented to you knitted by the undersigned ladies of the Lower Clarence River N.S.W. For the privilege of working on them small sums have been collected amounting to nine pounds, 2 shillings. This amount has been handed to the Funds of the Edith Cavell Memorial Rest-house for Traine...
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Address to Sir William Robertson, ca 1916
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Note inside old container: "The address accompanied a gift of socks knitted by ladies of the Lower Clarence River N.S.W. during the First World War. The address is undated but a small metal plate which was fixed to the back of a frame for the address is dated 1916. In January 1960 the address in its frame was handed to the Agent General for New Sou...
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Index Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2013-2014
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Attorney General for Victoria
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Sir William Robertson (1860-1933) holds the unusual distinction of being the only man to rise from Private to Field Marshal rank in the British army.
Robertson was appointed Quartermaster-General of Sir John French's British Expeditionary Force (BEF), a post he took up with his sailing to Boulogne on 14 August. The following January Robertson s...
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B 1571
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9arpwr7n
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1122615
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