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Letter from Ross Smith following World War I to his mother, Baghdad [PRG 18/17/53/1] • Manuscript

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Summary

Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, while on active service during World War I. Written at the Hotel Maude, Baghdad. Ross speaks of flying from Cairo on the Friday and arriving in Baghdad the following day with Generals Salmond[?] and Borton and two mechanics in his Hanley Page aeroplane, with plans to fly to India along the Persian Gulf and down to Kerachi the following day. The departure date was then moved to the day after, the 4th December. From there Ross and General Borton would start plans to fly to Australia.

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Physical description

1 letter (2 pages) : handwritten ; 0.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

2 December 1918

Creator

Smith, Ross Macpherson

Collection

Part of Ross and Keith Smith Collection

Subject

Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir, 1892-1922
Smith, Jessie, 1860-1947
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian
Handley Page (bomber)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Armistices
Airmen -- South Australia -- Correspondence

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General notes

To view records of further correspondence in this series do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 18/17.

Digitisation information

Date

26/07/2018

Format

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Resolution

4,211 x 5,512 pixels (23.2 MP)

Size

69.65 MB

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