MS 8519 comprises a scrapbook containing memorabilia documenting Davison's military, civic and literary careers. Includes World War I service medals, ribbons and photographs; photographs, clippings and programs relating to the Sydney Cenotaph and Anzac Memorial; photographs and invitations for the visit to Sydney by the Duke and Duchess of York, 1927; programs, invitations and correspondence relating to the Australasian Society of America (including letters from Alfred Deakin, 1913, and Kermit Roosevelt, 1935); reviews, publishers' letters and copyright certificates relating to some of Davison's books published in the 1930s; and a copy of Davison's book "Australia's fifth column?" Also a photograph of the Southern Cross aircraft autographed by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, presented to Fred Davison while he was President of the RSL (1 vol.)
Background
Soldier, author, alderman and first President of the RSL. Father of Frank Dalby Davison.