Conscription Referendum, 1917

Places
Accession Number RCDIG0000067
Collection number 3DRL/3376 9/3f
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 2
Object type Papers
Physical description 2 Image/s captured
Maker Various
Date made 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

This folder contains copies of two telegrams exchanged between Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood and the Australian Minister of Defence, George Foster Pearce, in November 1917. These telegrams discuss arrangements for AIF troops to participate in the conscription referendum of 22 December 1917.
This file contains:
Telegrams exchanged by George Foster Pearce and Birdwood, 12 - 13 November 1917