| Accession Number | A02751 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Date made | c December 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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An informal group portrait of officers of the 17th Battalion taken after the evacuation of ...
Description
An informal group portrait of officers of the 17th Battalion taken after the evacuation of Gallipoli. Identified, from left to right: back row Lieutenant James Alexander Millar, from Sydney, NSW; Captain Cecil Rodwell Lucas, from Waverley, Victoria and Captain Clive Nigel Smith, Medical Officer from Manly, NSW. Front row from left to right: Captain Harold Woodford Johnson, Adjutant, from North Sydney; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arthur Goddard Commanding Officer (CO) from Brisbane, Queensland (sitting on an irons rations box) and Lieutenant (Lt) Frederick William Moulsdale, from Sydney NSW. Lt Moulsdale was later promoted to the rank of Captain, served with the 7th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps and when he had gone forward to inspect his unit's guns, was shot by a sniper and died of his wounds on 12 April 1918 .