| Accession Number | C01190 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Greece: Aegean Islands, Lemnos, Sarpion |
| Date made | 25 December 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Group portrait of officers of the 7th Battalion on the Aegean island of Lemnos. Most of these ...
Description
Group portrait of officers of the 7th Battalion on the Aegean island of Lemnos. Most of these officers were still with the Battalion on Christmas Day 1917. The two on each end of the front row, and the two in the middle of the back row, are wearing padded winter Service Dress caps. Identified left to right (back row): Captain (Capt) Charles Aloysius Denehy; Reverend Joseph Hearn, Chaplain 3rd Class; Lieutenant (Lt) Smith; possibly Lt Wilfred Ledlie Heron. Front row: Lt Geoffrey Gordon McCrae (later killed in action on 19 July 1916) ; Capt Alfred Jackson; Capt Herbert Thomas Christoph Layh.