Series 9: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1903 – 1950

This series contains a variety of letters, telegrams, and other material received or written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood during the period 27 June 1903 to 26 December 1950. Included in this series are letters from William Morris Hughes (Prime Minister of Australia), Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson (Governor-General of Australia), Baron Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, George Foster Pearce (Minister of Defence, Australia), Walter Long (Secretary of State for the Colonies), Dwight D Eisenhower, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton. There are also a large number of letters to Birdwood from mothers of soldiers who fought during the First World War.
These letters discuss subjects such as meetings with Birdwood during the war, the loss of sons in the war, Birdwood’s admission to the peerage and promotions, soldier settlement schemes, invitations to visit Australia, war memorials, the declaration of the war with Turkey, conscription referendums, leave for the original contingent of Australia servicemen, Kemal Ataturk’s funeral, reasons for remaining at Gallipoli and the later evacuation, the Australian experience of war at home, returning to Anzac and Turkey after the war, and plans for the opening of the Australian War Memorial.

• Folder of letters, poems, and telegrams sent to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood about his visit to Australia in 1920
• Correspondence addressed or forwarded to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 1921 and 1938
• Telegrams received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1914
• Telegrams received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1915
• Telegrams received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1916
• Telegrams received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1917
• Leave for Australian Troops (Anzac Leave)
• Conscription Referendum, 1917
• Telegrams and letters received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1918
• Telegrams and letters sent or received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1919-1950
• Letters written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1935-1939
• Letters written and received by Birdwood to the First Battalion AIF Association and others, 1918 – 1950
• Miscellaneous correspondence, predominantly relating to the First World War, received or written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood 1903 - 1937