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#19960 - How a Governor-General's Wife Influenced a Soldier's Return

Resource ID
Location
19960
Journals No.55, March 2005
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.
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)