OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Letter 1920

DATE1920

MEDIAArchive

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.A104

HISTORY

Edward, Prince of Wales, representing his father King George V, arrived in Victoria on the 2nd of April 1920 to thank Australians for their participation in World War I. This handwritten letter would have been copied and sent out to all the people the Prince visited, in this case school children

DESCRIPTION

A mimeographed copy of a letter sent from the ship H.M.S. Renown in Sydney on 16th August 1920. Addressed to “girls and boys” and signed “Edward P”

SUBJECTS

Royal visits, World War, 1914-1918

KEYWORDS

Edward, Prince of Wales, H.M.S. Renown