Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/John Treloar (museum administrator)

John Treloar (museum administrator)
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 11, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 12:40, 25 October 2013‎ (UTC)



John Treloar (1894–1952) was an Australian archivist who was the director for almost 30 years of the Australian War Memorial (AWM), the country's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have participated in war. Prior to World War I he worked as a clerk in the Department of Defence and, after volunteering for the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in 1914, served in staff roles for most of the war's first years. Treloar was selected to command the Australian War Records Section in 1917. In this position, he improved the AIF's records and collected a large number of artefacts for later display in Australia. Treloar was appointed the director of what eventually became the AWM in 1920, and was a key figure in establishing the Memorial and raising funds for its permanent building in Canberra. He headed the Department of Information during the first years of World War II, and spent the remainder of the war in charge of the Australian military's history section. Treloar returned to the AWM in 1946, and continued as its director until his death. I'm making a bit of an ambit claim for the World War I Remembrance Day anniversary here (1 point), and think that there are actually more suitable articles which I hope someone nominates (hopefully bumping this into a non-specific day). The article was promoted just over two years ago (2 points). Nick-D (talk) 09:07, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for setting the ball rolling here. I invited WT:MILHIST to see what they could come up with for Armistice Day and Nick is the first to come up with something. BencherliteTalk 09:11, 21 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Support, archivists serve an important function in history. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:58, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, a very appropriate article for Remembrance Day. Treloar was a giant among war history curators and archivists, and after C.E.W. Bean made the AWM happen, Treloar made it work. Peacemaker67  (send... over) 12:11, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - Remembering those who helped us remember... that's what it's all about. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:20, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, as per the above. - SchroCat (talk) 11:17, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * An excellent nomination. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:50, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support per Crisco, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:00, 23 October 2013 (UTC)