• Title
  Typescript letter signed from William Riddell Birdwood, Westminster, London, congratulating James Pascoe Caddy on his award of the Military Cross, 12 June 1919
• Creator
  James Pascoe Caddy
• Call number
  MLDOC 3174
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  12 June 1919
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  950256
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2014
  
• Physical Description
  0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - typescript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  James Caddy, mining engineer of Beecroft, NSW served for 2 years in the St George's Rifles, Citizen Military Forces before embarking from Sydney on board HMAT A54 Runic, 9 Aug. 1915. Caddy served with the 17th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement in Gallipoli Oct.-Dec. 1915 and transferred to 15th Field Company Engineers Nov. 1915. He served in France June 1916-Dec. 1918, and was promoted to Captain 6 May 1917 and Major 9 Dec. 1918. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry under fire at Bellicourt during the storming of the Hindenburg Line 29 Sept. 1918. He returned to Australia 10 July 1919
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D14455/a5382.htm
• Description source
  
  Compiled from the Manuscripts MLDOCs (7-1140C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
• General note
  
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I letters
  Digital order no:a5382001
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Birdwood, William Riddell, Baron, 1865-1951
  
• Name
  Runic (cargo-passenger ship)
  
• Subject
  Military decorations--Australia.
  Soldiers--Australia.
  Soldiers--Australia--Correspondence.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3326421

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