Armistice signed to end war – decoded cablegram sent to Prime Minister Billy Hughes

Decoded cablegram sent to Prime Minister Billy Hughes: 'Armistice signed’.

Transcript

[Stamped in red ink: 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA', 'PRIME MINISTER', with handwritten reference number 'S.C. 102/1'.]

Decode of cablegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated London, 11th November, 1918, 10.55 a.m.

E42.

Most urgent. Armistice signed 5 a.m. this morning.

[Handwritten annotation in black ink:]

Copy sent to Defence

[ditto: 'Copy sent to'] Navy

[ditto: 'Copy sent to'] A.G.

4-1-19

About this record

This is an extract from a file relating to the Armistice and peace treaty of the First World War. This decoded cablegram reports the time of day when the Armistice was signed and the stamp shows that this message was for the Prime Minister of Australia. The cablegram was sent by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, London.

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Learning resource text © Education Services Australia Limited and the National Archives of Australia 2010.

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