| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000127 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3376 14/3 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Certificate |
| Physical description | 1 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League |
| Place made | Australia: Tasmania, Burnie |
| Date made | 1920 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Scroll presented to Field Marshall Lord William Birdwood by the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Burnie, 2 March 1920
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)
- Series 14: Personal papers, 1910-1920
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Description
Hand-painted silk scroll presented to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood by the Burnie branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League during Birdwood’s visit to Australia in 1920. The scroll is printed on silk, with decorative leaves around the borders. The scroll was presented by the “diggers of Burnie” as a salute to their commanding officer at Gallipoli and in France and also to thank him for “what [he] did for us in camp and trench and hospital”. The scroll was presented to Birdwood when he visited the town of Burnie in Tasmania on 2 March 1920.