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Accession Number | J00768 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London, Islington |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Portrait of 11069 Gunner Eric Livingstone Gribble, 1st Trench Mortar Battery; Privates (Pte) 1194 ...
Portrait of 11069 Gunner Eric Livingstone Gribble, 1st Trench Mortar Battery; Privates (Pte) 1194 John Powell Neal, 55th Battalion, and 1266 John Thomas Coates, 23rd Battalion, in Islington, London. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Office during the First World War. He and his wife hosted and visited many soldiers, particularly those from Victoria, who were recuperating in London. He also photographed many Australian graves in English cemeteries. His photograph collection relating to this period in London was bequeathed to the Memorial in 1922 after his death. During his time in London he was a member of the British Volunteer Regiment, serving with the Willesden Battalion, Middlesex Volunteer Regiment.