#19960 - How a Governor-General's Wife Influenced a Soldier's Return
- Resource ID
- 19960
- Title/subtitle
- How a Governor-General's Wife Influenced a Soldier's Return
- Author/Creator
- Hart, Steve
- Format
- Journal article
- Identifier
- World War One; First World War; Royal Military College - Duntroon;
- Publisher
- Canberra & District Historical Society
- Physical description
- 7p; illus.
- Summary
- The article examines the return of the body to Australia (for burial at Duntroon) of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges and the role played by the Governor-General, Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson and his wife, Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson. Bridges is the only identified body to be repatriated from World War 1. He died from wounds sustained at Gallipoli.
- Location
- Journals No.55, March 2005
- Availability
- Not for loan. Copies may be purchased.
- Notes
- An update on the article that appeared in the Canberra Historical Journal of March 2004 (No.53)
