An autographed group portrait of five Australian officers. Back row from left: Major (Maj) Noel ...

Accession Number A05726
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Caron, Leon
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens
Date made c July 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An autographed group portrait of five Australian officers. Back row from left: Major (Maj) Noel Edmund Barton Kirkwood MC, 1st Field Ambulance, AAMC (returned to Australia 1918); Captain Hayward Hugh Moffat MC, 1st Battalion (died of wounds 21 September 1918); Maj Philip Llewellyn Howell-Price DSO MC, 1st Battalion (killed in action 4 October 1917). Front row: Lieutenant (Lt) Charles William Henry Rollo Somerset MC, 1st Battalion (returned to Australia 1918); Lt Francis Leonard Flannery, 1st Battalion (returned to Australia 1919). The back of the photo carries the inscription "Phil had just come in from the trenches for rest & was dragged into this group before he had time to 'titavate' himself. The man in front likewise."