Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 7/3/12
Title
Press cuttings, 1968-1969, relating to Keith Murdoch's 1915 letter to the Prime Minister of Australia on the conduct of the Gallipoli campaign
Date(s)
- 1968 Nov 18 - 1969 Jan 30 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
The Murdoch letter' and 'This shameful lie', cuttings from Australian newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Herald, of extracts from the letter written by Keith Arthur Murdoch, journalist, of 23 Sep 1915, to Rt Hon Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia, on the conduct of the Dardanelles Campaign, and Hamilton's response of 26 Nov 1915, both printed as papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence. With letter, 25 Jan 1969, of Mary Forbes Shield, Hamilton's former secretary, to The Sydney Morning Herald, regarding circumstances of Murdoch's presence in the Dardanelles. 1 file