Sergeant (Sgt) William Henderson Swanston, a photographer on loan from the RAF, holding a 12 ...

Accession Number A05252
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film polyester negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula
Date made 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Sergeant (Sgt) William Henderson Swanston, a photographer on loan from the RAF, holding a 12 inch by 12 inch glass plate field camera on his head. This camera was used by Lieutenant (Lt) William Hopkins James MC, of the 1st Light Horse Regiment and Sgt Swanston to take photographs that were registered in the Australian War Memorial's Photographs Collection's Australian War Records Section series (AWRS). Lt James' team was at Gallipoli at the same time as the Historical Mission to Gallipoli lead by Captain C E W Bean during the months of February and March 1919.

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