A passing cheer [manuscript] / by "The Signaller", Ethel Campbell
- Bib ID:
- 486299
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Campbell, Ethel, 1886-1954
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1914-1918
- [9 p. + 6 loose sheets] : port. ; 20 cm
- Notes:
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- Unpublished manuscript. An exercise book into which a number of previously published poems are pasted, along with handwritten additions, and title page. A photograph of the author is attached on verso t.p. A note, signed by John A. Ferguson, states that this manuscript was sent to Angus and Robertson for publication but "it was deemed inadvisable to print the collection". The poems are in praise of the Australian forces.
- Edith Campbell, of Durban, South Africa, was well known to Australian trooops passing through Durban on their way to or returning from the war. She met every ship and kept the men supplied with flowers, fruit, newspapers and invitations. She was known to the men of the AIF variously as "the Angel of Durban" or the "Girl in the Sailor Suit"
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-35524993
- FERG copy from Ferguson First World War, 1914-1919 pamphlet collection.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2024 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1954
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1918
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