Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales, Sir Frederick Darley GCMG, officiating at a ceremony held ...

Accession Number A03760
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 4 December 1901
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales, Sir Frederick Darley GCMG, officiating at a ceremony held at Victoria Barracks, presenting decorations earned by officers during the South African War (Boer War) of 1899-1901. Captain M A Hilliard of New South Wales Mounted Infantry (NSWMI) is receiving the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Other officers to receive the decoration (facing Governor) from left to right are: Lieutenant F A Dove (NSWMI); Lieutenant F C Learmouth, NSWMI; Captain R E Roth, AMC; Captain William Holmes, NSWMI; Major T H Fiaschi, AMC.