GENERAL BIRDWOOD PRESENTING MEDALS TO THIRD AUSTRALIAN DIVISION [Main]


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  • Year: 1917
  • Runtime: 4 mins
  • Description: Australians parade in the open air in front of Birdwood, who stands with his staff at a table covered by a Union Jack. The soldiers approach and receive decorations. Other Australian troops at rest (possibly an unrelated scene). The men of the division, led by their band, march past Birdwood.
    Australians of 3rd Division being decorated by General Sir William Birdwood, Lumbres training area, Western Front, August 1917.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Birdwood, William Riddell / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 3rd Division / ceremonies, Australian - event-related: investiture / 01/3(4-15).7 / Lumbres, Pas-de-Calais, France
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound