| Accession Number | C01728 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Egypt: North Egypt, Mena |
| Date made | 1 January 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of seven officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) at Mena camp, ten ...
Description
Group portrait of seven officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) at Mena camp, ten miles from Cairo, a pyramid in the background. Identified left to right (back row): unidentified, holding a pipe; Captain Roy William Chambers; Captain Christopher Norman Matheson, holding a pipe; Major William Weston Hearne, who, as Acting Director of Medical Services, 5th Division, was killed by a shell fragment on 17 October 1917. Front row: Captain Andrew Victor Honman, who died on the Western Front on 20 May 1917 after being gassed; Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Hobart Sturdee, seated on a deck chair; Captain Charles Morley, Quartermaster.