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Major General White receiving a knighthood [PRG 280/1/39/340] • Photograph

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Summary

Major General White receiving his knighthood from King George V; the ceremony is held on steps outside a Chateau in France and is being observed by a small group of other army officers. According to Dr Helen Hickey, University of Melbourne, this image is also on the Australian War Memorial Website but the officer is identified as General Sir John Monash.

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Physical description

photograph; 15 cm x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

1919

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

George, V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
Monash, John, Sir, 1865-1931
White, Cyril Brudenell Bingham, Sir, 1876-1940
Soldiers -- Australia
Knights and knighthood -- Commonwealth countries

Catalogue record

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Historical information

Sir Cyril White was a major planner and organiser of the A.I.F., he had a brilliant war record which included the planning and supervision of the successful evacuation of Anzac; he was appointed aide-de-camp to King George V in 1919.

Digitisation information

Date

23/05/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,000 x 2,200 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

6.61 MB

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