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**SOLD** PERIOD WOOD FRAMED PHOTO OF ANZAC COMMANDER GENERAL SIR WILLIAM BIRDWOOD

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An impressive period large wood framed photo of General Sir William Birdwood (Bt). Wooden frame measures 57cm x 68cm. Shows Birdwood in his general’s uniform, sporting military honours & awards. Small plaque below picture. Maker stamped A.P. Ford of Albany W.A. This would make a beautiful wall hanger. Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE, DSO (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) was a British Army officer who saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener. He saw action again in the First World War as Commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915, leading the landings on the peninsula and then the evacuation later in the year, before becoming Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army on the Western Front during the closing stages of the war.

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Weight 3 kg
Dimensions 70 × 40 × 15 cm

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