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A barber and the interior of his shop at Armentieres, France. An image from the collection of ...
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A barber and the interior of his shop at Armentieres, France. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted o...P10885.111
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A British 12 inch Howitzer being used near Messines ridge, the Western Front. The 12 inch ...
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A British 12 inch Howitzer being used near Messines ridge, the Western Front. The 12 inch Howitzer was mounted on a 120 ton railway carriage with four sets of bogies. An image from the collection of...P10885.057
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A broken tree on a parapet at the Western Front. 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins describes how ...
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A broken tree on a parapet at the Western Front. 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins describes how the broken tree "made a good landmark for the scouts when out in no man's land." An image from the co...P10885.030
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A civilian horse and cart stopped at the roadside. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant ...
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A civilian horse and cart stopped at the roadside. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 Februa...P10885.107
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A clock tower and building in Armentieres. The square in which the clock tower is situated was ...
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A clock tower and building in Armentieres. The square in which the clock tower is situated was known by the troops as "half past eleven square" because the clock, which was damaged by shelling in 1914...P10885.117
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A crowd watches a boxing match upon the SS Persic as it sails troops home to Australia. An image ...
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A crowd watches a boxing match upon the SS Persic as it sails troops home to Australia. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackb...P10885.032
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A French family from Zoteux, France. 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins describes the family as ...
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A French family from Zoteux, France. 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins describes the family as "great friends of the scouts." An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins ...P10885.113
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After days at sea the troops aboard the SS Persic take in the view of the Canary Islands off the ...
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After days at sea the troops aboard the SS Persic take in the view of the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa. The SS Persic was bringing the troops home to Australia from Liverpool, England. An im...P10885.100
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A German pillbox (a fortified concrete shelter) at Messines, the Western Front. An image from the ...
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A German pillbox (a fortified concrete shelter) at Messines, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Vic...P10885.021
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A group of nine people in a Belgian estaminet - also known as a public house. An image from the ...
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A group of nine people in a Belgian estaminet - also known as a public house. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victo...P10885.097
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A group of scouts examine their clothes for fleas in the Ploegsteert (Plug Street) Wood, Belgium, ...
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A group of scouts examine their clothes for fleas in the Ploegsteert (Plug Street) Wood, Belgium, the Western Front. 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins describes the occasion as "a silent raid" as "th...P10885.110
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A group of ten scouts outside a building at Petit Difques, France. An image from the collection ...
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A group of ten scouts outside a building at Petit Difques, France. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlist...P10885.062
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A group of unidentified soldiers with a 12 inch gun at the Western Front. An image from the ...
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A group of unidentified soldiers with a 12 inch gun at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria,...P10885.013
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A 6 inch naval gun near Messines, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 ...
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A 6 inch naval gun near Messines, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 Febru...P10885.054
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Aircraft behind the front line, getting ready for action at the Western Front. An image from the ...
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Aircraft behind the front line, getting ready for action at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Vic...P10885.025
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Aircraft behind the front line, getting ready for action at the Western Front. An image from the ...
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Aircraft behind the front line, getting ready for action at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Vic...P10885.024
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A military band waits on the wharf at Liverpool before the troopship SS Persic sails for ...
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A military band waits on the wharf at Liverpool before the troopship SS Persic sails for Australia. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter...P10885.036
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A military cemetery in Mericourt-sur-Somme, France, where some of the men of the 39th Battalion ...
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A military cemetery in Mericourt-sur-Somme, France, where some of the men of the 39th Battalion were laid to rest. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Wa...P10885.103
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A model of enemy trenches at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant ...
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A model of enemy trenches at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February 1...P10885.015
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A model of enemy trenches at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant ...
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A model of enemy trenches at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February 1...P10885.018
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A model of German trenches on Messines Ridge, the Western Front. An image from the collection of ...
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A model of German trenches on Messines Ridge, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted...P10885.012
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An allied anti-aircraft gun being used in Bailleul, France. An image from the collection of 1010 ...
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An allied anti-aircraft gun being used in Bailleul, France. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on ...P10885.059
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An allied observation balloon high in the sky above the Western Front. An image from the ...
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An allied observation balloon high in the sky above the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, en...P10885.027
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An ammunition dump at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) ...
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An ammunition dump at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February 1916. He...P10885.048
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An Australian soldier stands outside a farmhouse, the billet in Zoteux where 1010 Sergeant George ...
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An Australian soldier stands outside a farmhouse, the billet in Zoteux where 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins stayed. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. S...P10885.105
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An Australian trio at the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, England. They are, from left ...
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An Australian trio at the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, England. They are, from left to right: 1385 Corporal (Cpl) Andrew Walter (Andy) Reid 39th Battalion; Miss Macrow, a visitor; and 4759...J00573
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An enemy shell bursts in the distance above the Messines battlefield at the Western Front. An ...
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An enemy shell bursts in the distance above the Messines battlefield at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Bla...P10885.093
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An observation balloon at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) ...
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Maker: Unknown
An observation balloon at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February 1916...P10885.023
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An observation balloon carries two observers in the basket at the hillside camp, Neuve-Eglise, ...
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An observation balloon carries two observers in the basket at the hillside camp, Neuve-Eglise, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watk...P10885.026
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An outdoor portrait of nine Australian soldiers posed with a captured German MG08 machinegun, ...
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Maker: Unknown
An outdoor portrait of nine Australian soldiers posed with a captured German MG08 machinegun, each draped with ammunition belts. 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins sits second from the right. An imag...P10885.044
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An unidentified scout in a trench at the square farm sector, the Western Front, observes the ...
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An unidentified scout in a trench at the square farm sector, the Western Front, observes the enemy through a periscope. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sg...P10885.014
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An unidentified scout wears his gas mask at the Western Front. An image from the collection of ...
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An unidentified scout wears his gas mask at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted ...P10885.017
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An unidentified soldier sits on the ground with a dog in his lap, in front of a makeshift ...
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An unidentified soldier sits on the ground with a dog in his lap, in front of a makeshift shelter. The original inscription descibes how "the dog in the photo was left behind by French civilians when ...P10885.102
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An unidentified soldier wearing his full marching order kit stands with a group outside their ...
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An unidentified soldier wearing his full marching order kit stands with a group outside their billets. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a pain...P10885.042
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A part of the battlefield at Messines, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 ...
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Maker: Unknown
A part of the battlefield at Messines, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10...P10885.056
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A shell explosion on the Messines battlefield, at the Western Front. An image from the ...
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Maker: Unknown
A shell explosion on the Messines battlefield, at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enl...P10885.051
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A shell hole made by an allied shell. The depth of the shell hole was 15 feet, with a diameter of ...
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A shell hole made by an allied shell. The depth of the shell hole was 15 feet, with a diameter of 30 feet. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a...P10885.049
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A soldier stands in a part of the cemetery for the men of the 39th Battalion in Ploegsteert (Plug ...
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Maker: Unknown
A soldier stands in a part of the cemetery for the men of the 39th Battalion in Ploegsteert (Plug Street) Wood, Belgium, the Western Front. There is a hole caused by a German shell in the middle of th...P10885.092
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A statue of Jesus Christ on a crucifix at "crucifix corner." An image from the collection of ...
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A statue of Jesus Christ on a crucifix at "crucifix corner." An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on...P10885.098
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A street in Armentieres, France. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar ...
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Maker: Unknown
A street in Armentieres, France. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February 1916. He served ...P10885.115
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A studio portrait of 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins sent to his mother and father from France ...
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A studio portrait of 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins sent to his mother and father from France on 20 July 1918. A photograph from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sg...P10885.028
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A tank returns from the Messines battlefield at the Western Front. An image from the collection ...
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A tank returns from the Messines battlefield at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlist...P10885.070
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A trench and barren trees at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant ...
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Maker: Unknown
A trench and barren trees at the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February ...P10885.016
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A windmill which, according to 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins, was "used by a German spy." An ...
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Maker: Unknown
A windmill which, according to 1010 Sergeant George Edgar Watkins, was "used by a German spy." An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from...P10885.096
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Barren land near Messines, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) ...
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Maker: Unknown
Barren land near Messines, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February 191...P10885.074
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Belgian women with wood and kindling in the street. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant ...
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Maker: Unknown
Belgian women with wood and kindling in the street. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 Februa...P10885.114
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant G E Watkins, 39 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's detailsREL34980.002
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Canal bridge in Pont-de-Nieppe, France. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) ...
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Maker: Unknown
Canal bridge in Pont-de-Nieppe, France. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Victoria, enlisted on 10 February 1916. H...P10885.112
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Case for Field Conduct Book : Sergeant G E Watkins, 39 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown rectangular leatherette covered cardboard case with a flap on one end secured by a press stud. Printed in black on the front of the case are the words: 'FIELD CONDUCT BOOK. (Containing Army Form...REL34985
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Colour patch : 39 Infantry Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Horizontally aligned oval shaped colour patch for 39 Infantry Battalion AIF, divided brown over red.RELAWM13307.097